Suppose the price of pepper increases by 20percent and, as aresult, the quantity of salt demanded (holding the price of salt constant) decreases by 2 percent
The cross-price elasticity of demand between pepper and salt is (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places and include a minus sign if appropriate.)
In this example, pepper and salt are
Instead, suppose pepper and salt were substitutes.
If so, then the cross-price elasticity of demand between prepper and salt would be:.
1. Less than 1 but greater than 0
2. Negative
3. Greater than 1
4. Positive
5. Zero

-0.1 %

Complements

Positive

Explanation:

The cross price elasticity of demand can be calculated by:

Cross-price elasticity of demand = %change in quantity demanded / %change in price

Cross-price elasticity of demand = -2/ 20 = -1/10 = -0.1 %

The cross-price elasticity of demand between pepper and salt is 0.1 %

In this example, pepper and salt are complements which means when the price of salt increases than there will be a decrease in the demand of pepper.

if pepper and salt were substitutes then cross-price elasticity of demand between pepper and salt would be positive since when two goods are substitutes then an increase in the price of x, causes an increase in the demand of y.

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