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The price of a good increased from $3 to $5. Assuming the good's supply curve exhibits constant unitary price elasticity, calculate the percentage change in quantity supplied using the midpoint method. If necessary, round all intermediate calculations and your final answer to two decimal places.

          The price of a good increased from $3 to $5. Assuming the good's supply curve exhibits constant unitary price elasticity, calculate the percentage change in quantity supplied using the midpoint method. If necessary, round all intermediate calculations and your final answer to two decimal places.
        
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The price of a good increased from $3 to $5. Assuming the good's supply curve exhibits constant unitary price elasticity, calculate the percentage change in quantity supplied using the midpoint method. If necessary, round all intermediate calculations and your final answer to two decimal places.
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00:01 Yes, so the percentage change in quantity demanded, we take q2 minus q1 and divided by 2 and then times 100.
00:15 So in this case, we take 60 minus 80, so it's negative 20, and then times 60 plus 80 over 2, which we get negative 20 divided by 70 and then times 100 to go to a percent, which is going to be negative 28 .7 percent.
00:39 And then for the percentage change in price, p2 minus p1, in this case 12 minus 10, which is 2, and divided by 12 plus 10 over 2, so 2 over 11, and then again times 100, so that's 8 percent...
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