20. Application: Elasticity and hotel rooms The following graph input tool shows the daily demand for hotel rooms at the Oceans Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. To help the hote 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 40,000 per year Roundtrip airfare from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Atlantic City (ACY) 200 per roundtrip Room rate at the Meadows Hotel and Casino, which is near the Oceans %250 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. Graph Input Tool 500 Market for Oceans's Hotel Rooms 450 Price 350 (Dollars per room) 400 Quantity 150 350 Demanded (Hotel rooms per 300 night) 250 PRICE (Dollars per room ) 200 Demand Factors 150 Demand Average Income 40 (Thousands of 100 dollars) 50 Airfare from PIT to 200 ACY ( Dollars per 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 roundtrip) QUANTITY (Hotel rooms) Room Rate at 250 Meadows ( Dollars per night)For each of the following scenarios, begin by assuming that all demand factors are set to their original values and Oceans is charging $350 per room per night. If average household income increases by 50%, from 40,000 to $60,000 per year, the guantity of rooms demanded at the Oceans from I:l rooms per night to I:I rooms per night. Therefore, the income elasticity of demand is w |, meaning that hotel rooms at the Oceans are . If the price of a room at the Meadows were to decrease by 10%, from 5250 to 5225, while all other demand factors remain at their initial values, the guantity of rooms demanded at the Oceans from I:l rooms per night to I:I rooms per night, Because the cross-price elasticity of demand is , hotel rooms at the Oceans and hotel rooms at the Meadows are - Qceans is debating decreasing the price of its rooms to $325 per night. Under the initial demand conditions, you can see that this would cause its total revenue to ., Decreasing the price will always have this effect on revenue when Oceans is operating on the w* portion of its demand curve