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There are plenty of options to choose from when buying running shoes. Some of the most popular brands are Nipe and Adipas. Answer the following questions: Mark and Jack are looking for a new pair of running shoes. Mark is working full time at the Reserve Bank of Australia and earns a higher income every month. Jack is still a student in high school and only receive a small amount of allowance per week. Jack's price elasticity for Nipe is elastic as compared to Mark. Type L for Less, M for More or E for Equally. Assume now Nipe is trying to find out the price elasticity of their customers by changing the prices of their running shoes. When a pair of shoes is sold for $345, it is observed that Nipe can sell 5525 pairs of shoes within a day. When the price increases to $450, Nipe will only be able to sell 3250 pairs of shoes within a day. What is the price elasticity of demand using the mid-point formula? (give an absolute value i.e. a postive value) . Answer to the nearest 2 decimal places. Considering your answer in part b, should Nipe increase the price for a pair of shoes to increase revenue? . Type Y for Yes, N for No, or U for Unknown.

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There are plenty of options to choose from when buying running shoes. Some of the most popular brands are Nipe and Adipas.

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Mark and Jack are looking for a new pair of running shoes. Mark is working full time at the Reserve Bank of Australia and earns a higher income every month. Jack is still a student in high school and only receive a small amount of allowance per week. Jack's price elasticity for Nipe is elastic as compared to Mark. Type L for Less, M for More or E for Equally. Assume now Nipe is trying to find out the price elasticity of their customers by changing the prices of their running shoes. When a pair of shoes is sold for 345,itisobservedthatNipecansell5525pairsofshoeswithinaday.Whenthepriceincreasesto345, it is observed that Nipe can sell 5525 pairs of shoes within a day. When the price increases to 450, Nipe will only be able to sell 3250 pairs of shoes within a day. What is the price elasticity of demand using the mid-point formula? (give an absolute value i.e. a postive value) . Answer to the nearest 2 decimal places. Considering your answer in part b, should Nipe increase the price for a pair of shoes to increase revenue? . Type Y for Yes, N for No, or U for Unknown.

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a. M b. The midpoint formula for price elasticity of demand is ((Q2 - Q1) / ((Q2 + Q1) / 2)) / ((P2 - P1) / ((P2 + P1) / 2)). Plugging in the given values, we get ((3250 - 5525) / ((3250 + 5525) / 2)) / ((450 - 345) / ((450 + 345) / 2)) = -1.63. c. N

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