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Your price elasticity of demand for bananas is 4. If the price of bananas rises by 5 percent, what is a. The percentage change in the quantity of bananas you buy? b. The change in your expenditure on bananas? The

Your price elasticity of demand for bananas is 4. If the price of bananas rises by 5 percent, what is
a. The percentage change in the quantity of bananas you buy?
b. The change in your expenditure on bananas?
The demand schedule for computer chips is
Your price elasticity of demand for bananas is 4. If
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Quantity demanded Price (dollars per chip 200 250 300 350 400 millions of chips per year) 50 45 40 35 30

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