Distinguish between a Change in Supply and a Change in Quantity Supplied. List and explain the factors that will shift a supply curve. Use demand and supply curves to determine the equilibrium price and quantity of a good. Use demand and supply curves to show the effect changes in supply and/or demand have on the price and quantity of a good. • Define Price
According to Price (£) vs. Demand of Californians graph, it shows the negative relationship between price and quantity demanded. The higher the price of the product, the lower the quantity demanded would be. Or the lower the price, the higher quantity of Californian would be demanded. b) Elasticity of demand is a measure of how much the demand for a product changes when the price changes with all other factors held constant. It varies among products because some products may be more essential to the consumer.
The elasticity of demand shows the demand of a product would decrease when the price of the product increases which is called an elastic demand that is greater than 1. The inelastic demand of a product would increase when the price of the product decrease results in an inelastic demand that is less than 1. Beef and eggs are both considered to be an inelastic demand. With regards to the elasticity of beef and eggs in regards to the price changes, as the price of these products increases the demand for them has decreased. As a result the consumers are more willing to purchase eggs and beef a lower cost than at a higher cost.
1. What is meant by the term ‘economies of scale?’ The increase in efficiency of production as the number of goods being produced increases. Typically, a company that achieves economies of scale lowers the average cost per unit through increased production since fixed costs are shared over an increased number of goods. 2. Explain why economies of scale are important to companies such as McDonald’s and GBK.
The selling price would only increase because the absolute value of -2.5 is 2.5 which are greater than 1 meaning it is elastic and an increase in price leads to a reduction in total revenue. So, to increase total sales revenue, the firm should lower the selling price. b. What happens to the demand for beer if the price of soda falls by 2%? Explain your answer.
With reference to extract one, assess the likely effect of a fall in the sterling exchange rate on the UK’s deficit in the trade of goods and services. (12 marks) A fall in the exchange rate of 25% means the pound becomes weaker, this means imports are more expensive, and exports are cheaper. As a result of this, this may mean a large increase in demand for exports and a considerable decrease in demand for imports, therefore decreasing the deficit of the balance of payments in the UK as predicted. However, if the goods we are importing and exporting are inelastic, meaning they have a less than proportional response to price, an increase in the price of imports, and a decrease in the price of exports may not have a great effect on the trade of goods and services and so therefore not improve on the deficit the UK holds. As stated in extract 1, it tells us that the goods we import are not made in the UK and so makes it impossible to replace the imports, therefore meaning that we still have to import goods, despite the high prices due to the low exchange rate of sterling.
There will be reduced profitability as there will an increase in costs which means that sales prices will go up. This has a negative effect upon profitability and
EGT1: Task 309.1.2.08, Performance Task Element A: Elasticity of Demand (Ed) measures how responsive demand is to a change in the price of a good or service resulting in either elastic, inelastic, or unit-elastic (Roberts, 2013). An item is elastic when a percentage change in the price has a substantial effect on the percentage change of the quantity purchased, this relationship will be one that is inverse in nature. Simply, this responsiveness to change shows that if there is an increase in price on a good or service the result will be a reduction in sales of that good or service. If there is a decrease in price of a good or service, the result would be an increase in sales of that good or service. Elasticity is measured using a
a. Reduction in price will cause the contribution margin to decrease, thus, breakeven point will increase. b. Increase in Direct Labor cost will increase the cost and will cost the contribution margin to decrease, thus, the breakeven point will increase. c. Installation of new ventilating equipment produced depreciation (fixed cost) which will decrease contribution margin, thus the breakeven point will increase.
We also discussed elastic and inelastic and I learned there are two kinds that affect pricing. First is "price elasticity of demand [which] is the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price [and] price elasticity of supply is the percentage change in quantity supplied divided by the percentage change in price" (Colander, 2010, p. 154). Applying these to real world scenarios and applications aided in understanding the