Calculating Price Elasticity Qd = 30 – 3*P P = 2 P = 5 P = 8 P = 6   Calculate elasticity of the price levels shown from 1 to 4.  Identify if this product is elastic, inelastic, or unit elastic. Show your work. As we move along the demand curve, what happens to elasticity?

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Calculating Price Elasticity

Qd = 30 – 3*P

  1. P = 2
  2. P = 5
  3. P = 8
  4. P = 6

 

  1. Calculate elasticity of the price levels shown from 1 to 4.  Identify if this product is elastic, inelastic, or unit elastic. Show your work.
  2. As we move along the demand curve, what happens to elasticity?
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