BECOGNIZING DEMAND AND ELASTIC DEMAND Demand is the desire, ability, and willingness to pay for goods or services. You wit! find exam- ples of demand almost everywhere yam look in your community. Directions: Answer the foiiowing questions. Take this example: A retired couple who love to bowl open a bowling alley. It is the only place to bowl in town. When they first open, they charge only $2 a game, including shoe rental. About 60 people a day come to bowl there. At the end of each day the owners figure their total receipts using this formula. Total Receipts = Price of the Product x Quantity Sold What are their total receipts on an average day? {1) The couple raises the price to $3 a game after a while, and they still get in about so people a day to bowl. Their total receipts on an average day now are (2) What is the difference between their total receipts now and their receipts when they first opened? (3) Did demand increase, decrease, or stay the same? (4} They decide to raise the price to $5 a game. Only about 35 people a day come in. Their total receipts a day are now about (5) . How does this compare with their receipts at $3 a game? (5) _______.______ What happened to demand this time? (7} On the long February weekend for " Presidents' Day, " the couple ran a special with games at S1. What a turnout! People were lined up waiting for lanes! After the weekend the management counted up the receipts and found that over the three days, 618 people had come in. The total receipts for one day average (8) What effect did the special offer for Presidents' Day have on demand? (9) You may recall that if a change in price causes a relatively larger change in quantity demanded, demand is elastic. All in all, would you say that demand for bowling in this town was elastic? (10) The couple made a chart of their total receipts at different prices to analyze demand for their product. Fill in the chart below for each price as they did. ' - reamsmun x Humberotliamesl'layed (12) . Total BeulptsB) . .. _ At what price did the management take in the most money? {14) Remember, receipts are not profits. They are revenue. To calculate profit, you must subtract costs from revenue. Now consider these questions. Do you think the couple had to pay employees overtime during the Presidents' Day special? {15} _ If they did. would that affect demand? (16) Would it affect total receipts? (1?) w Would it affect the couple's profit? (18)