Use the Following Scenario

question 17

Multiple Choice

use the following scenario.You are a consultant and have been employed by Urban General, a large inner-city hospital, to estimate the demand for its services.Your research indicates that the income elasticity of demand for the target market is +0.50; the price elasticity of demand is -0.15; and the cross-price elasticity of demand with respect to the price of services at St.Elsewhere, a near-by hospital, is +0.35.Answer the following questions.
-Area income increases by 20 percent.

• A)Quantity demanded at Urban General does not change.
• B)Quantity demanded at Urban General falls by 10.0 percent.
• C)Quantity demanded at Urban General rises by 10.0 percent.
• D)Quantity demanded at St.Elsewhere rises by 7.0 percent.
• E)There is not enough information to tell what happens to quantity demanded at either hospital.

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