A department store has estimated the demand curve for a popular brand of women’s dress shoes as a function of price. Use the table to answer the question that follow. Points Price per pair Dress shoe sales per week A RO 18 100 B RO 15 200 C RO 12 300 D RO 9 400 E RO 6 500 F RO 3 600 Calculate demand elasticity between points A and B, between points C and D, and between points E and F. If the store currently charges a price of RO12, then increases the price to RO15, what happens to total revenue from shoe sales?
A department store has estimated the demand curve for a popular brand of women’s dress shoes as a function of price. Use the table to answer the question that follow. Points Price per pair Dress shoe sales per week A RO 18 100 B RO 15 200 C RO 12 300 D RO 9 400 E RO 6 500 F RO 3 600 Calculate demand elasticity between points A and B, between points C and D, and between points E and F. If the store currently charges a price of RO12, then increases the price to RO15, what happens to total revenue from shoe sales?
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- A department store has estimated the
demand curve for a popular brand of women’s dress shoes as a function ofprice . Use the table to answer the question that follow.
Points |
Price per pair |
Dress shoe sales per week |
A |
RO 18 |
100 |
B |
RO 15 |
200 |
C |
RO 12 |
300 |
D |
RO 9 |
400 |
E |
RO 6 |
500 |
F |
RO 3 |
600 |
- Calculate demand elasticity between points A and B, between points C and D, and between points E and F.
- If the store currently charges a price of RO12, then increases the price to RO15, what happens to total revenue from shoe sales?
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