Monday, January 23, 2017

Unit 1:Elasticity of Demand 1/11/17

Elasticity of Demand: A measure of how consumers react to a change in price.
Total Revenue: Total amount of money a company receives from selling services.
Marginal Revenue: Additional income from selling one more unit of a good.
Fixed Cost: A cost that does not change no matter how much of a good is produced.
Variable Cost: A cost that rises or falls depending upon how much is produced. Ex: Electricity Bill

Elastic Demand:
  • Demand that is very sensitive to a change in price
  • Product is not a necessity
  • There are available substitutes
  • Ex: Soda, steaks, fur coats
  • E > 1
Inelastic Demand:
  • Demand that is not very sensitive to a change in price
  • Product is a necessity
  • There are few or no substitutes
  • Ex: Gas, sugar
  • E < 1
Unitary Elastic:
  • E = 1


Price Elasticity of Demand:

Step 1: Quantity

New Q - Old Q
        Old Q

Step 2: Price

New P - Old P
       New P

Step 3: PED

 % change in quantity
 % change in price


Supply Problem Formulas:
TFC+TVC=TC
AFC+AVC=ATC
TFC/Q=AFC
TVC/Q=AVC
TC/Q=ATC
AFC*Q=TFC
AVC*Q=TVC
TC-TFC=TVC
NEW TC-OLD TC= MC







1 comment:

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