Q1A) Explain why price elasticity of demand is important for firms to consider when setting their price to ensure that they maximize their profits? Q1b) explain trade off, and what are the tradeoff for, A lower income family want to decide whether buy new car.  A student recently finished his BS computer science want to decide whether MS computer science.  Q1c)  What is demand elasticity and impact of change in price on revenue.

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