You Are the Manager of a Theater

question 21

Essay

You are the manager of a theater. At present the theater charges the same admission price of $8 to all customers, regardless of age. You propose a two-tier pricing scheme: $5 for children under the age of 12 and $10 for adults. You tell your supervisor that your proposal is likely to increase revenues. What must be true about the price elasticity of demand if your proposal is to achieve its goal of raising revenue? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Average Product

The output per unit of input, calculated by dividing total output by total input.

Diminishing Marginal Returns

Diminishing Marginal Returns is an economic principle stating that as additional units of a factor of production are added to a fixed amount of other factors, the incremental increase in output will eventually decrease.

Marginal Product

The additional output that results from using one more unit of a specific input, keeping other inputs constant.

Third Worker

In the context of labor and production, refers to the addition of a third employee in a process, which can affect productivity differently depending on the scenario.