The price elasticity of demand for new stereos is –2 . Suppose a stereo store wishes to increase its sales by 15 percent. What should the firm do?

What will be an ideal response?

[15]/ [percentage change in price] = -2 . Therefore, the store should lower the price by 7.5 percent.

Economics

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This year a country loaned more to the rest of the world than it borrowed from the rest of the world. In addition, the country has invested more in the rest of the world than other countries have invested in it

The country is currently a ________ and also a ________. A) net lender; creditor nation B) net borrower; creditor nation C) net borrower; debtor nation D) debtor nation; net lender

Economics