1 George has been selling 5,000 T -shirts per month for $8.50. When he increased the price to $9.50, he sold only 4,000 T- shirts. What is the demand elasticity? If his marginal cost is $4.00 per shirts, what is the desired markup and what is his initial actual markup? Was raising the price profitable? 2 The variety of River
This assignment has been revised!!! Please help!!! Chapter 21, Exercises 1-4, 11 1. Use the following information to determine the total fixed costs, total variable costs, average fixed costs, average variable costs, average total costs, and marginal costs. Total Output Costs TFC TVC AFC AVC ATC MC 0
You just opened a flower shop and are trying to understand pricing issues. You were told that elasticities are very important in determining prices and what products to supply, so you decide to investigate this concept. You call your friend, an economics professor, and ask, "What is the price elasticity of demand? What determ
You have taken a job as pricing manager for a very fine men's clothing line that sells high-end, tailored shirts, suits, etc. The firm is interested in increasing its revenues. Because it is a "high-end" clothier, your boss does not what to have a "sale" on shirts or sweaters; he would actually rather increase the prices on ei
1) In order to attract more customers on Mondays (A slow day), Alex's Pizza Shop in Austin decided to reduce the price of their pizza rolls from $3.50 to $2.50. As a result, Monday sales increased from 70 to 130. Also, Alex's sales of soft drinks rose from 40 to 90. a. Calculate the arc price elasticity of demand for the pi
Please answer the economics questions below and show how you were able to solve this equation below. Suppose that the extended (generalized) demand function for good Y is: Qd Y= 250,000 - 500 PY - 1.5 M + 240 PX where: Qd Y = quantity demanded of good Y PY = Price of good Y M = Average
General Cereals is using a regression model to estimate the demand for Tweetie Sweeties, a whistle-shaped, sugar-coated breakfast cereal for children. The following (multiplicative exponential) demand function is being used: QD = 6,280P-2.15A1.05N3.70 where QP=quantity demanded in 10 oz. boxes P =price per box in dolla
What is "Price Elasticity of Demand" and how do you calculate it? What are the three different types that price elasticity is broken down into? What questions would you suggest to the CFO to ask to the marketing department and what is your recommendation to the CFO?
If you were a manager in a tobacco company, analyze the elasticity of demand for tobacco products. Evaluate the factors involved in making decisions about pricing tobacco products indicating which would be the most influential.
1. Explain what happens to price and quantity of coffee when the following events occur: a. An advertising campaign highlights scientific studies that find drinking coffee can help reduce weight gain. b. Coffee plants from major producing countries are affected by drought. (fun fact: a coffee bean is a misnomer for the seed
As the research starts to come in about your expansion opportunities abroad, the marketing department has discovered that the price elasticity for CPI's products in Brazil is expected to be much greater than in current markets served. Separately, your CFO sent you an e-mail earlier in the week stating that depending on how much
I want to know why, for example, when income rises, the consumption for black and white TVs will fall, but consumption for colour TVs rise? So simply, a couple of reasons why such differences arise? I briefly know it is related to inferior/normal goods, tastes etc? I would appreciate a variety of reasons.
Using the midpoints formula, calculate the elasticity coefficient for each price level, starting with the coefficient for the Price Quantity Total Elasticity Elastic or Demanded Revenue Coefficient Inelastic $4 100
XYZ Corporation is a manufacturer of widgets. Over the past several months, it has been selling its widgets for $100 each and unit sales have averaged 5,000 units per month. This month its competitor, ABC, Inc. raised the price of its widgets from $100 to $110. XYZ noted that its unit sales increased by 200 units. A. What is
Elasticity and Price Discrimination: Evidence from Sam's Club and CVS An Example In a recent New York Times article, "Sam's Club personalizes Discounts for Buyers" (May 30 2010), the reporter Andrew Martin talks about an innovative discount idea from Sam's Club, the warehouse chain of Wal-Mart. He describes a new program
1. Consider the following description of a pricing decision by a book publisher: A publisher may have issued a monograph several years ago, when both costs and book prices were lower, and priced it at $14.95. The book is still selling reasonably well and would continue to do so at $19.95. Why not, then, raise the price? The o
You are hired as a consultant to a president of a liberal arts college in the East. You are asked to evaluate a recommendation by the college's Admissions Director, Susan Hansen, to increase tuition and to reduce financial aid to students. Susan argues that the data from competing colleges suggest that the demand curves for coll
The McNight Company is a major producer of steel. Management estimates that the demand for its steel is given by the equation: Qd = 500 - 1000P + 0.1Y + 300Pa, where Q = steel demand in thousands of tons per year, P = price of steel in dollars per pound, Y is income per capita, and Pa is the price of aluminum in dollars per pou
Sailright Inc. manufactures and sells sailboards. Management believes that the price elasticity of demand is -3.0. Currently, boards are priced at $500 and the quantity demanded is 10,000 per year. A. If the price is increased to $600, how many sailboards will the company be able to sell each year? B. The cross-price elas
Golden Star Winery produces mid level wines consumed primarily in North America. Given below is the projected income statement for the company for 2011. Projected Income Statement (2011) Sales (100,000 cases at $7 per case) $700,000 Cost of goods sold: Materials
1. Using the supply and demand model, explain what would happen to the supply curve during a drought. Also explain the affect on the price of water. 2. Name a relatively inexpensive product that you purchase on a regular basis. If the price of that product increased by 25% how would you react? Why is your response elastic or
Given the price elasticity of demand for your product is 0.85, your marginal cost is 50 when you produce 1000 units, use the Lerner Index to calculate your price mark-up. What is your optimal price if you produce 1000 units?
Robinson Plastics makes clear plastic products with injection molding techniques. Their latest invention is a plastic cup with a sharp blade mounted inside to cut prescription pills into small pieces. The cup is placed over the pill and as the cup is pressed down, the pill is split into pieces which are contained inside the cup.
Both SmithCo and Jones Inc. sell widgets. SmithCo's sales last month equaled 1000 units and it charged a price of $2. This month Jones Inc. reduced the price it sells its brand of widgets from $2.10 to $2, and SmithCo saw a reduction in the quantity of widgets is sold, down to 900 units. What is the cross elasticity of demand be
If the price elasticity of demand for bananas is -1.5 and the price elasticity of demand for grapefruit is -2.5, and the marginal cost of producing each of the items is $0.50 each, what is the profit-maximizing price for each? Question 9 answers Bananas: $1.50; Grapefruit: $0.83 Bananas: $0.75; Grapefruit: $1.25
We believe that the quantity of hamburger (Qh) purchased within a market is a function of its own price (Ph), the price of chicken (Pc), advertising expenditures (A) and household disposable income (I). Using data available to the research team, we have estimated the following linear regression relationship: Qh = 205.2 - 200
Please help with the following questions. What can you say about the elasticity of the demand curve that faces the product (or service) produced by an organization? How much control might an organization have over pricing based on a product's elasticity? Recommend a pricing strategy to increase revenue.
When average consumer income increases from $40,000 to $44,000 in Mapleville, the quantity demanded of widgets went from 10 to 9 units per capita, even though the price of widgets and other products did not change. What is the income elasticity of demand for widgets (using the midpoint method).
Delta Airlines has determined that the price elasticity of demand for two customer segments (Coach and Business Class) is -1.35 and -2.50. Based on their expectations of profitability, Delta realizes the price of a Coach seat should be $175 (one-way). How much should Delta charge for a Business Class ticket?
The Olde Yogurt Factory has reduced the price of its popular Mmmm Sundae from $2.25 to $1.75. As a result, the firm's daily sales of these sundaes have increased from 1,500/day to 1,800/day. Compute the arc price elasticity of demand over this price and consumption quantity range. I just need assistance with the consumption