11. Elasticity and Hotel Rooms The following graph input tool shows the daily demand for hotel rooms at the Triple Sevens Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. To help the hotel management better understand the market, an economist identified three primary factors that affect the demand for rooms each night. These demand factors, along with the values corresponding to the initial demand curve, are shown in the following table and alongside the graph input tool. Demand Factor Initial Value Average American household income $50,000 per year Roundtrip airfare from New York (JFK) to Las Vegas (LAS) $100 per roundtrip Room rate at the Exhilaration Hotel and Casino, which is near the Triple Sevens S250 per night Use the graph input tool to help you answer the following questions. You will not be graded on any changes you make to this graph. Note: Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey field will change accordingly. Use the graph input tool to help you answer the following questions. You will not be graded on any changes you make to this graph. Note: Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey field will change accordingly. Graph Input Tool ? Market for Triple Sevens's Hotel Rooms 500 450 Price 200 (Dollars per room) 400 Quantity 300 350 Demanded (Hotel rooms per 300 night) 250 PRICE (Dollars per room) 200 Demand Factors 150 Demand Average Income 50 (Thousands of 100 dollars) 50 Airfare from JFK to 100 LAS 0 (Dollars per 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 roundtrip) QUANTITY (Hotel rooms) Room Rate at 250 Exhilaration (Dollars per night)For each of the following scenarios, begin by assuming that all demand factors are set to their original values and Triple Sevens is charging $200 per room per night. If average household income increases by 10%, from $50,000 to $55,000 per year, the quantity of rooms demanded at the Triple Sevens V from E rooms per night to E rooms per night. Therefore, the income elasticity of demand is V , meaning that hotel rooms at the Triple Sevens are V . If the price of a room at the Exhilaration were to decrease by 10%, from $250 to $225, while all other demand factors remain at their initial values, the quantity of rooms demanded at the Triple Sevens V from E rooms per night to E rooms per night. Because the crossprice elasticity of demand is V , hotel rooms at the Triple Sevens and hotel rooms at the Exhilaration are V . Triple Sevens is debating decreasing the price of its rooms to $175 per night. Under the initial demand conditions, you can see that this would cause Its total revenue to V . Decreasing the price will always have this effect on revenue when Triple Sevens is operating on the V portion ofits demand curve