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Discuss the elasticity of the following goods before and after Covid-19 (assuming that all restrictions have been eased):
Answer : Table showing information about elasticity pre-COVID and post- COVID are :
product name | Elasticity of demand before COVID | Elasticity of demand after COVID |
Eating out | Inelastic demand as there has been necessary to eat outside as to fulfil there need and requirement. | Elastic demand because income has been decreased so the demand for eating outside is elastic. |
Fruit and vegetable | Inelastic demand because there has been tremoundsly fixed demand as these goods are necessary. | Inelastic demand because these goods are necessary as fruits and vegetables demand does not change. |
Movies | Unit elastic demand as the movies are source of entertainment for a person. | Higher elastic demand are the movies of an entertainment source for a person living there. |
Car | Car has elasticity of demand higher before COVID. | Car has higher elasticity of demand in the time period of COVID as there has been elastic demand. |
i-phones | Higher elastic demand because it is luxury good. | At the time of COVID , the higher elastic of demand as it is luxury good. |