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1.3 How prices are determined

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Question 8

Publishers now pay a printing firm 6% less per textbook. In response, the firm offers 18% fewer textbooks for sale. What is the firm's price elasticity of supply and how should it be described?

[1]
A

+0.33, so supply is price inelastic

B

-3.0, so supply is price elastic

C

+3.0, so supply is price elastic

D

+12.0, so supply is price elastic

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1.3 How prices are determined Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Economics
  3. /1.3 How prices are determined

236 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 1.3 How prices are determined, covering 1.3.1a Demand and the factors that influence it, 1.3.1b The demand curve, 1.3.2a Supply and the factors that influence it, 1.3.2b The supply curve, 1.3.3a Determining equilibrium price, 1.3.3b Applying diagrams and showing revenue, 1.3.4a Complements and substitutes, 1.3.4b Effects of changes on related markets, 1.3.5a Price elasticity of demand, 1.3.5b Factors affecting price elasticity of demand, 1.3.5c Measuring PED and its implications, 1.3.6a Price elasticity of supply, 1.3.6b Factors affecting price elasticity of supply, and 1.3.6c Measuring PES and its implications. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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