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1.2.3 Price, income and cross elasticities of demand

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Question 53

The table below shows elasticity estimates for organic coffee beans:

Elasticity MeasureValue
Price elasticity of demand (PED)-1.4
Income elasticity of demand (YED)+0.85
Cross elasticity of demand (XED) with respect to the price of oat milk-0.6

Which one of the following can be inferred from the table?

A 5%5\%5% decrease in the price of organic coffee beans would cause a 7%7\%7% decrease in the quantity demanded.

Organic coffee beans and oat milk are substitute goods, and a 10%10\%10% increase in the price of oat milk would lead to a 6%6\%6% fall in the demand for organic coffee beans.

The demand for organic coffee beans is price elastic, and they are classified as a normal good.

Organic coffee beans are a luxury good, and a 2%2\%2% increase in consumer incomes would lead to a 1.7%1.7\%1.7% fall in their demand.

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