Price elasticity of demand Ed = Percentage change in quantity demanded/percentage change in price | |||||||||
P1 | 50 | Q1 | 20 | ||||||
P2 | 40 | Q2 | 30 | ||||||
Percentage change in price | (P2-P1)/(P1+P2)/2 | ||||||||
Percentage change in price | 40-50/(40+50)/2 | ||||||||
Percentage change in price | (-10/45) | ||||||||
Percentage change in price | -22% | ||||||||
Percentage change in quantity demanded | (Q2-Q1)/(Q1+Q2)/2 | ||||||||
Percentage change in quantity demanded | 30-20/(30+20)/2 | ||||||||
Percentage change in quantity demanded | (10/25) | ||||||||
Percentage change in quantity demanded | 40% | ||||||||
Price elasticity of demand = 40/(-22) | |||||||||
Price elasticity of demand = -1.81 | |||||||||
The absolute value of price elasticity of demand is 1.8. |
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