If the price of chocolate-covered peanuts decreases from $1.15 to $0.90, the quantity demanded does not change, and other things are unchanged, the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand, using the midpoint method, is:

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TomShelby

Answer:

price-elasticity = 0

Explanation:

The formula for mid-point elasticity will be as follows:

[tex]\frac{q_1-q_2}{\frac{q_1+q_2}{2}} \div\frac{p_1-p_2}{\frac{p_1+p_2}{2}}[/tex]

Now, as quantity did not change we get:

q1 = q2

thus q1 + q2 = 2q1

and q1 - q2 = 0

[tex]\frac{0}{\frac{2q_1}{2}} \div\frac{1.15-0.90}{\frac{1.15+0.90}{2}}[/tex]

As we are getting a zero the end result will be zero which makes complete sense as there was no change in quantity the demand is completely inelastic.

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