Acme Specialty Products has determined that the demand function for their heated socks is given by: 5 D(p) = 135-p². a. Find E(p), the Elasticity of Demand as a function of price, p. E(p) b. Find the Elasticity of Demand when heated socks are selling at a price of $7. Give result accurate to at least 3 decimal places. E(7) = c. At this price ($7): We would say the demand for heated socks is: Select an answer Based on this, in order to increase revenue we should: [Select an answer d. Use the Elasticity model to determine the price that maximizes revenue. (Round result to 2 decimal places.) P =

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The Stopdecay Company sells an electric toothbrush for $25. Its sales have averaged 8,000 units per month over the past year. Recently, its closest competitor, Decayfigh ter, reduced the price of its electric toothbrush from $35 to $30. As a result, Stopde cays sales declined by 1,500 units per month. What is the arc cross elasticity of demand between Stopdecays toothbrush and Decayfighters toothbrush? What does this indicate about the relationship between the two products? If Stopdecay knows that the arc price elasticity of demand for its toothbrush is 1.5, what price would Stopdecay have to charge to sell the same number of units as it did before the Decayfighter price cut? Assume that Decayfighter holds the price of its toothbrush constant at $30. What is Stopdecays average monthly total revenue from the sale of electric toothbrushes before and after the price change determined in part (b)? Is the result in part (c) necessarily desirable? What other factors would have to be taken into consideration?

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