Problems in Elasticity

Fruit Elasticity of Demand

Apples 0.16

Bananas 0.42

Grapefruit 1.60

Grapes 0.95

Oranges 1.24

1) Based on these demand elasticity estimates, which fruit is most inelastic? Which is most elastic?

2) For which of these fruits would a 10% drop in price cause a decrease in total revenue from the sale of that fruit?

3) If the government could offer "10% off" coupons for only three of these fruits, and it wanted to have the biggest possible effect on quantity demanded, which three fruits should get the coupons?

4) Using the elasticity information above, draw two graphs below. One to represent the demand for apples and one for the demand for oranges. If you can't draw it then explain how graph one and two would look and where I would need to make the demand curve shift to, like shift to the right or left.