Microeconomic Theory

Chapter 4:

Questions for review:

#1, 3, 8, and 12

Exercises:

#7, 12

Exercises #12 was not print properly, here is the question:

12.  You run a small business and would like to predict what will happen to the quantity demanded for your product if you raise your price.  While you do not know the exact demand curve for your product, you do know that in the first year you charged $45 and sold 1200 units and that in the second year you charged $30 and sold 1800 units. 

1. If you plan to raise your price by 10 percent, what would be a reasonable estimate of what will happen to quantity demanded in percentage terms?

     b. If you raise your price by 10 percent, will revenue increase or decrease?

There are 5 questions in total