Microeconomics
Exam 1: Rutgers
University
Skydel questions
and answers
2025
Midpoint Method for Elasticity - answer %change in
quantity/supply demanded/%change in price
Inelastic - answer low responsiveness of quantity
demanded or quantity supplied to price changes,
elasticity less than one
Elastic - answer high responsiveness of quantity
demanded or quantity supplied to changes in price,
elasticity greater than one
, Unitary - answer proportional responsiveness of
either quantity demand or quantity supplied,
elasticity equal to one
Are price elasticities negative or positive? - answer
negative, take absolute value
Demand Curve - answer Quantity Demanded vs.
Price, usually straight line
Is the Elasticity the Slope? - answer No, because
elasticity deals with percents so it is different
everywhere along the demand curve.
Law of Demand - answer When price increase,
quantity demand decreases and vice versa
Elasticity - answer an economics concept that
measures the responsiveness of one variable to
changes in another variable
Price Elasticity of Demand/Supply - answer ratio
between the percentage change in the quantity
demanded (Qd) or supplied (Qs) and the
corresponding percent change in price
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