Suppose that the price elasticity of demand for museum tickets is equal to –1.8 . If the price of a museum ticket rises by 30 percent, what will happen to quantity demanded?

What will be an ideal response?


[percentage change in quantity demanded]/[30] = -1.8 . If the price rises by 30 percent, quantity demanded will fall by 54 percent.

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