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QUESTION 8 (Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures) Use Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures. The Martinez's income elasticity of demand for falafels, computed using the midpoint method, is:   Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures Monthly Income Quantity Purchases per Month Hamburgers Books Online Movie Rentals Falafel $2,000 2 4 6 8 $3,000 2 6 6 6                                         a. –1.4.   b. approximately –0.7.   c. 0.   d. approximately 0.7.

QUESTION 8 (Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures) Use Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures. The Martinez's income elasticity of demand for falafels, computed using the midpoint method, is:   Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures Monthly Income Quantity Purchases per Month Hamburgers Books Online Movie Rentals Falafel $2,000 2 4 6 8 $3,000 2 6 6 6                                         a. –1.4.   b. approximately –0.7.   c. 0.   d. approximately 0.7.

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  1. (Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures) Use Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures. The Martinez's income elasticity of demand for falafels, computed using the midpoint method, is:

     

    Table: Martinez Family Household Income and Expenditures
    Monthly Income Quantity Purchases per Month
    Hamburgers Books Online Movie Rentals Falafel
    $2,000 2 4 6 8
    $3,000 2 6 6 6

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

      a.
    –1.4.
      b.
    approximately –0.7.
      c.
    0.
      d.
    approximately 0.7.

     
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