Own price elasticity of demand

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The demand for company X's product is given by Qx=12-3Px+4Py . Suppose good X sells for $3.00 per unit and good Y sells for $1.50 per unit.

a. Compute the cross-price elasticity of demand between goods X and Y at the given prices.

b. Are goods X and Y substitutes or complements?

c. What is the own price elasticity of demand at these prices?

d. How would your answers to parts a and c change if the price of X dropped to $2.50 per unit?

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