1. When the price of a product is increased 10 percent, the quantity demanded decreases 15 percent. In this range of prices, demand for this product is
- unitary elastic.
- inelastic.
- elastic.
- cross-elastic.
2. Total revenue falls as the price of a good is raised, if the demand for the good is
- elastic.
- unitary elastic.
- perfectly elastic.
- inelastic.
3. You are the sales manager for a software company and have been informed that the price elasticity of demand for your most popular software is less than 1. To increase total revenues, you should:
- decrease the price of the software.
- increase the supply of the software.
- increase the price of the software.
- hold the price of the software constant.
4. If the demand for a product is elastic, the
- a higher tax on the product will generate less tax revenue.
- a higher tax on the product will generate more tax revenue.
- total revenue will remain constant as price increases.
- total revenue will decrease as price decreases.
5. Movie theaters charge lower prices to see a movie in the afternoon than in the evening because there is an
- elastic demand to see movies in the evening.
- inelastic supply of movies in the evening.
- inelastic demand to see movies in the afternoon.
- elastic demand to see movies in the afternoon.