question archive Dell has gone through some market challenges these past few years, especially with the desktop market
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Dell has gone through some market challenges these past few years, especially with the desktop market. If the prices of desktop computers decreases by 14% last quarter resulting in an increase of 12% in quantity demanded, then Dell will decrease the quantity supplied of desktops by 10%. What is the price elasticity of supply for Dell desktops?
Given information:
According to the given information, price elasticity of supply for Dell desktops would be:
=PercentagechangeinquantitysuppliedPercentagechangeinpricelevel=10%14%=0.71