Consider a company, StarBreads, that sells bread in a competitive market. The price of bread is currently $3 per loaf, and StarBreads is selling 1000 loaves per day. The company decides to increase the price to $4 per loaf, and as a result, daily sales drop to 800 loaves. Calculate the price elasticity of demand for StarBreads' loaves using the midpoint method.

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