Harry's Barber Shop Increased Its Total Monthly Revenue from $1,500

question 55

Multiple Choice

Harry's Barber Shop increased its total monthly revenue from $1,500 to $1,800 when it raised the price of a haircut from $5 to $9.The price elasticity of demand for Harry's Haircuts is

• A) 0.567.
• B) 0.700.
• C) 1.429.
• D) 2.200.

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Definitions:

Internal Rate

Short for Internal Rate of Return (IRR), a financial metric used to estimate the profitability of potential investments by calculating the rate of return at which net present value of all cash flows (both positive and negative) from a project equals zero.

Profitability Index

A capital budgeting tool that measures the ratio of the present value of future cash flows from an investment to the investment's initial cost.

Mutually Exclusive

Situations or events that cannot both occur at the same time.

Net Present Value

A financial metric that calculates the present value of all cash flows, both incoming and outgoing, of an investment.