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ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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The demand for watermelon is represented as Qd= 10 −0.5P .
(a) What is the price elasticity of demand when price is $16?
(b) At $16 is watermelon elastic, inelastic, or unit elastic?

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"Price elasticity of demand measures how much quantity demanded of a product changes when price of that particular product changes. Price elasticity of demand can be computed using the formula: $\frac{d Q d}{d P} \times \frac{P}{Q d} w h e r e Q d r e p r e s e n t s q u a n t i t y d e m a n d e d o f a g o o d a n d P r e p r e s e n t s p r i c e o f t h a t g o o d .$ "

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For Part A, could you format it in a different way thats easier to read. I can't follow what the equation process is here. Thanks

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