Explain how a seller can determine whether the
demand for his or her good is inelastic, elastic, or unit
elastic between two prices.
Suppose the current price of gasoline at the pump is $1
per gallon and that 1 million gallons are sold per month.
A politician proposes to add a 10-cent tax to the price
of a gallon of gasoline. She says the tax will generate
$100,000 tax revenues per month (1 million gallons
$0.10 $100,000).What assumption is she making?
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