Microeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools (8th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0-13294-886-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-13294-886-9

Chapter 5 - Elasticity: A Measure of Responsiveness - Exercises - 5.4 Other Elasticities of Demand - Page 123: 4.5

Answer

-1.5

Work Step by Step

$E_{xy}=\frac{\Delta qty\ x\%}{\Delta price\ y\%}=\frac{-15}{10}=-1.5$
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