Pearson Edexcel GCE A Level In Economics A (9EC0) Paper 03 Micro and Macro Economics Mark
Scheme (Results) Summer 2024
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel GCE A LevelIn
Economics A (9EC0)
Paper 03 Micro and Macro Economics
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, Question Answer Mark
Number
1(a) Knowledge 2, Application 2, Analysis 1
Knowledge/implicit understanding and analysis:up to 3 marks
e.g.
● The percentage change in quantity demanded isless
responsive to a change in price (1)
● Is relatively low e.g. between 0 and -1 (or 0 and 1)
/ PED<1 (1)
● Diagram showing price inelastic demand (1)
● An increase in price will result in an increase in totalrevenue (1)
● Reference to a characteristic e.g necessity, smallproportion of
income, few substitutes (1)
Application: up to 2 marks e.g.
● UK consumers use gas for 85% of central
heating/’are some of the biggest user of gas’ (1)
● Gas generates a third of UK electricity (1)
● There is no substitute for energy, at least in theshort run (1)
● Calculation of price change as percentage orpercentage
points (1)
● Rise from around 50p per therm in Feb 2021 to352p per
therm in Dec 2021 (1)
(5)
● ‘An almost perfect example of price inelasticdemand’
(Extract A lines 7-8)
Question Answer Mark
Number
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