When the Price of Pistachio Nuts Is $7

question 234

Multiple Choice

When the price of pistachio nuts is $7.50 per lb., the quantity demanded is 48 lbs. When the price of peaches is $9.00 per lb., the quantity demanded is 40 lbs. When the midpoint formula is used to measure the price elasticity of demand we can say that the demand for pistachio nuts is

• A) relatively, but not perfectly, elastic.
• B) unit-elastic.
• C) completely inelastic.
• D) relatively, but not perfectly, inelastic.

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Definitions:

Manipulated Variables

Variables in an experiment that are changed or controlled by the researcher to observe their effect on the dependent variable.

Measured Variables

Variables in a study that are quantified or labeled based on empirical observation or experiment.

Independent Variable

The factor in a study that is deliberately changed by the investigator to see how it influences the outcome variable.

Statistically Significant Interaction

An interaction between variables that leads to a difference in outcomes which is unlikely to be due to chance alone, according to statistical analysis.