Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:3. Price Elasticity at a Point.
Suppose that the equation of a supply function is as follows: Q=25P
1. Sketch this supply function on a diagram below.
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L₁
3. Use red ink to ketch a supply curve passing through the point (P=5, Q=125) that
is inelastic at every point on the curve.
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L
2. If P = 5, what is the price elasticity of supply at that point? Can you prove that
supply is unitary elastic at every single point on this supply curve? Show all your
work.
4. Use blue ink to sketch a supply curve passing through the point (P=5, Q=125) that
is elastic at every point on the curve.
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We are given the supply function as:
Q = 25P
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