Test Prep For AP® Courses

41.

A local water company decides to increase the price of water by 5 percent. It finds that its revenues increase by 3 percent as a result of this price change. Demand for water in this market is ____________.

  1. perfectly elastic
  2. perfectly inelastic
  3. elastic
  4. inelastic
  5. unit elastic
42.

When a consumer’s income increases by 5 percent, demand for potatoes decreases by 3 percent. In this case, potatoes are a(n) ____________.

  1. normal good
  2. perfect substitute
  3. inferior good
  4. perfect complement
  5. inelastic good
43.

A firm knows that the elasticity of demand for its product is 5. By how much does it need to reduce prices in order to increase sales by 10 percent?

  1. 1/5 percent
  2. 1 percent
  3. 2 percent
  4. 5 percent
  5. 10 percent