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Prices decrement in price elasticity of supply

When animal rights activists persuade several fur coat buyers to switch to micro-fiber jackets as well as pelt prices decrease from $150 to $50 each, resultant in the baby seal harvest decreasing from 18,000 to 6,000 yearly, in that case the price elasticity of: (1) supply for fur coats equals 2. (2) demand for fur coats equals 1.2. (3) supply for fur coats equals 1. (4) substitution between fur and micro-fiber equals 5/6. (5) demand for fur coats equals 1/2.

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