Increase in the price of widgets

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  Current level of widgets sold by XYZ=Q1=5200 Desired level of widgets sold by XYZ=Q2=5000 Price elasticity of demand=Ep=-2.0 Price elasticity of demand is given by XYZ should increase the price to $101.9802 Cross price elasticity of demand helps

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  The best decision here will depend on the elasticity of demand of widgets.

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  The specialty widgets might support a higher price given the dramatic increase in demand but the company is unwilling to increase the price since it fears new competition if the unit margin is higher.

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