Calculating the Elasticity of Demand
Elasticity of demand is equal to the percentage change of quantity demanded divided by percentage change in price. In this video, we go over specific terminology and notation, including how to use the midpoint formula. We apply elasticity of demand to the war on drugs, and more broadly to the prohibition of a good when it has an elastic demand.
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0:00 Introduction
0:39 Mathematics of Demand Elasticity
02:55 The Midpoint Formula for Elasticity
05:23 Example Walkthrough
07:27 Elasticity of Demand and Total Revenue
11:59 Practice Question
12:50 Applications of Elasticity of Demand
14:06 Profiting from Bad Times
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7 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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The curve of corn is inelastic and in case of inelastic demand curve the revenue rises with the increase in price. In the given year, there will be a shortage of supply which will increase the price and shift the supply curve up and left. So, as the price is increased the revenue of farmers will increase.
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@larsaugustat7029
8 ай бұрын
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when yield in going down the supply will be less and the price will go up. thus when the price goes up and the demand goes down by just a little we get more revenues and a inelastic curve. Also the reason why the demand will go down just by a little is because the substitute of corn that is soybeans is also not more in supply.
@tadej3080
3 жыл бұрын
I'm also guessing because corn is a broadly defined good, which is used in many different ways, the price elasticity of demand will be lower enough just as it is.
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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9 ай бұрын
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3 ай бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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hi, i have a question. if the price elasticity of demand is -1.4 which is negative. is it considered to be inelastic because its less than one, or is it elastic because we don't consider the negative and we only take the number so its going to be greater than one. thank you
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6 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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I have a question. Are the figures and the graphs always relative to the buyers’/market’s behaviors? Like can we actually predict the demand of quantity when we change a price through figures?
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When the yield is going down the unit price should increased. So farmers can earn more profit because corn & soybean have inelastic type demand curve. Am I correct sir?
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4 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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Where did the two come from? @4:55
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can price elasticity of demand cross elasticity of demand and income elasticity of demand can be calculated with same formula Q℅/P℅
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Thank you so much for the lecture! But one question: why when you explained the Midpoint Formula you divided the average by 2? From where did that 2 came from?
@SmallEditsbyTiwa
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Milena, the two is because he is finding the average between 2 numbers, if he was finding the average between 3 numbers it'll be 3 an so on. I hope this is clear?
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2 жыл бұрын
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