If the price of streaming movie rental is $7.00, Darrin will rent 4 movies in a month. If the price of a streaming movie rental is $4.00, Darrin will rent 9 movies in a month.   Using the Midpoint Method for Elasticity, what is Darrin's Price Elasticity of Demand for streaming movie rentals (round all calculations to the closest ten-thousandths so that your percentages are rounded to the closest hundredths; round your final answer to the closest hundredths)?What is Darrin's Price Elasticity of Demand for streaming movie rentals (round all calculations to the closest ten-thousandths (4 decimal places) so that your percentages are rounded to the closest hundredths; round your final answer to the closest hundredths)?   Is his demand Elastic, Inelastic, or Unitary?   If Darrin is the typical streaming movie rental customer, should the company increase or decrease their price of streaming movie rentals to increase revenues?

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If the price of streaming movie rental is $7.00, Darrin will rent 4 movies in a month. If the price of a streaming movie rental is $4.00, Darrin will rent 9 movies in a month.

 

Using the Midpoint Method for Elasticity, what is Darrin's Price Elasticity of Demand for streaming movie rentals (round all calculations to the closest ten-thousandths so that your percentages are rounded to the closest hundredths; round your final answer to the closest hundredths)?What is Darrin's Price Elasticity of Demand for streaming movie rentals (round all calculations to the closest ten-thousandths (4 decimal places) so that your percentages are rounded to the closest hundredths; round your final answer to the closest hundredths)?

 

Is his demand Elastic, Inelastic, or Unitary?

 

If Darrin is the typical streaming movie rental customer, should the company increase or decrease their price of streaming movie rentals to increase revenues?

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In the question above, it is given that :

  • If the price of streaming movie rental is $7.00, Darrin will rent 4 movies in a month.
  • If the price of a streaming movie rental is $4.00, Darrin will rent 9 movies in a month.

It is clear that when the price of streaming movie is high, the quantity demanded is low and when the price of streaming movie is low, the quantity demanded is high.  

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