PRICE (Dollars per ton)
12
24
Demand
12
24
36
45
QUANTITY (Thousands of tons)
Demand
Supply
Supply
Several growers are happy with this advancement in technology because now they can sell more crops, which they believe will lead to increases in
revenue. Using elasticities, you will be able to determine whether this price change will lead to a rise or fall in total revenue in this market.
Using the midpoint method, the price elasticity of demand for almonds between the price levels of $15 and $9 per ton is
these two points, demand is
Thus, you can conclude that the grower's claim is
due to the technological improvement.
because
,meaning that between
total revenue will