Calculate the Price Elasticity of Demand (PED) for diamond rings if there is a price increase from $10,000 to $12,000 and quantity demanded falls from 100,000 to 90,000. Does this answer support what we have learned about elasticity and what we might expect for diamond rings? If so, why?

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