The Demand for Doughnuts at a Bakery Is Given by

question 20

Short Answer

The demand for doughnuts at a bakery is given by , where q is the number of doughnuts sold at a price of p dollars each.
A. Find the elasticity of demand to two decimal places if the price is $0.80.
B. Will revenue be increased by raising or lowering the price?

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