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Name ( 8 ) Due Please show work in detail. All questions utilize the multivariate demand function for Toyotas given in C 4 on text

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All questions utilize the multivariate demand function for Toyotas given in C 4 on text page 82, initially with:
Initial values are: ,PM=$20000,PG=$1.00,I=$15000,A=$10000
This function is: ,QT=200-.01PT+.005PM-10PG+.01I+.003A
1.(a). Use the above to calculate the arc price elasticity of demand between PT=$20000 decreasing to PT=$10000. The arc elasticity formula is: Ep=QP*P1+P2Q1+Q2
(b). Judging from the computation in (1a), do you expect the revenue resulting from the price decrease to $10000 to increase, remain the same, or decrease relative to the revenue at the price of $20000?(Hint: see the table on page 65 of Truett). Explain
your choice.
2.(a) Calculate the point price elasticity of demand for Toyotas at PT=$20000(which should make QT=270). Other variables and their values are given at the top, before question #1. The formula is:
EP=delQTdelPT*PTQT
(b). Does this elasticity indicate that Toyota demand is relatively responsive to changes in Toyota price? Explain why or why not.
3.(a). Calculate the point gasoline cross-price elasticity between (PG) and Toyota demand (QT). Assume the price of gasoline is PG=$1.00. Use PT=20000(which should make QT=270). Other variables and their values are given at the top, before
question #1. The formula is:
ETG=delQTdelPG*PGQT
(b). Does this elasticity indicate that the demand for Toyotas is relatively responsive to changes in the price of gasoline (PG)? Explain why or why not.
4.(a). Competition might be a worry for Toyota. PM= the price of Mazadas. Calculate the point Mazada cross-price elasticity of demand with PM=$20000 and PT=$20000
(which should make QT=270). Other variables are given at the top before
question #1. The formula is:
ETM=delQTdelPm*PmQT
(b). Does this elasticity indicate that the demand for Toyotas is relatively responsive to changes in the price of Mazadas? Explain why or why not.
5.(a). Calculate the point advertising elasticity of demand for advertising expenditures (A)=$10000 also with PT=$10000(which should make QT=370). Other variables and their values are given at the top, before question #1. The formula is:
EA=delQTdelA*AQT
(b). Does this elasticity indicate that demand for Toyotas is very responsive to changes in advertising expenditures (thus suggesting that advertising is a very important way to increase sales)? Explain why or why not.
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