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Laura is a retired teacher who lives in Chicago and provides math tutoring for extra cash. At a wage of $75 per hour, she is willing to tutor 18 hours per week. At $100 per hour, she is willing to tutor 20 hours per week. Using the midpoint method, the elasticity of Laura`s labor supply between wages of $75 and $100 per hour is:
A) 2.71
B) 1
C) 0.4
D) 0.37
Which means that Laura`s supply of labor over the wage range is:
A) elastic
B) unit elastic
C) inelastic
D) 0.37
At $75 supply is 18 hour per week.
At $100 supply is 20 hour per week
Price elasticity of Supply =
= Change in Quantity
= Change in Price
Change in quantity = 2
Change in price = 25
Price elasticity of Supply =
Which means that Laura`s supply of labor over the wage range is:
C) inelastic