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Assume that the elasticity of demand for chewing tobacco is 0.60 and the elasticity of supply is 2.40. Suppose an anti-chewing tobacco campaign decreases the demand for chewing tobacco by 18%. By how much will the equilibrium price for chewing tobacco increase or decrease?
The elasticity of demand for chewing tobacco is 0.60. Now, if due to some reason, the demand of chewing tobacco decreases by 18%, the equilibrium price for chewing tobacco will change:
Thus price of chewing tobacco must have increased by 30% which leads to the decrease in its demand by 18%