You Are the Only Seller of Eggs in Town, and the Price-Elasticity

question 38

Multiple Choice

You are the only seller of eggs in town, and the price-elasticity coefficient for eggs is known to be 0.8. If you want to increase your sales quantity by 10 percent through a price change, what should you do to price?

• A) increase price by 12.5 percent
• B) reduce price by 12.5 percent
• C) increase price by 8 percent
• D) reduce price by 8 percent

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Definitions:

T-Accounts

A graphical representation used in accounting to depict the debit and credit sides of an account for easy visualization and calculation.

Cost Of Goods Sold

The direct costs attributed to the production of the goods sold by a company, including the cost of the materials and labor directly involved.

Manufacturing Overhead

All production costs other than direct materials and direct labor that are incurred in the manufacturing process and need to be allocated to produced goods.

Manufacturing Overhead Applied

The portion of manufacturing overhead costs assigned to individual units of production, based on a predetermined rate or method.