If Price Were Lowered from $10 to $8 and Quantity

question 92

Essay

If price were lowered from $10 to $8 and quantity demanded rose from 50 to 51,calculate elasticity;state whether demand is elastic,unit elastic,or inelastic;and find how much total revenue was when price was $10 and $8.

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Definitions:

Sharpe Measure

A metric that evaluates the risk-adjusted return of an investment by comparing its excess return (over risk-free rate) to its standard deviation of returns.

Residual Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variance in a dataset or model that is not explained by the predictive variables or the model itself, often used in regression analysis.

Beta

A measure of a stock's volatility in relation to the overall market; a beta greater than 1 indicates higher volatility.

Treynor's Measure

A performance metric for determining how well an investment compensates the investor for its risk, comparing returns to the market portfolio.