Question
When the price of a commodity falls by ₹ 2 per unit, its quantity demanded increases by 10 units. Its price elasticity of demand is (-)1. Calculate its quantity demanded at the price before change which was ₹ 10 per unit.

Answer

PED = [-]1 Given
Price before change [Initial Price] P = 10
Initial Quantity (Q) = ?
New Price (P1) = 8
New Quantity (Q1) = ?
$\Delta \text{P} = -2$ [Given]
$\Delta \text{Q} = 1$

$\text{PED}=\frac{\Delta\text{Q}}{\Delta\text{P}}\times\frac{\text{P}}{\text{Q}}$

$(-)1=\frac{10}{(-)2}\times\frac{10}{\text{Q}}$

$\text{Q}=\frac{100}{2}=50$

So, the quantity demanded at price before change [P], i.e., 10, is equal to 50.

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