The weekly demand for Kelewele among the 2018 batch of MBA students at UPSA is Qdx = 900 – 10Px + 0.2I + 5Py – 4Pz, Where Qdx is the quantity demanded of Kelewele, Px is the price of Kelewele per lb, I is the consumer income in Ghana Cedis, Py and Pz are the prices of two goods that are related to Kelewele Required: (a) Based on the demand function above, is Kelewele a normal good or an inferior good? (b) Based on the demand function above, what is the relationship between Kelewele and good Y? (c) Based on the demand function above, what is the relationship between Kelewele and good Z? (d) What is the equation of the demand curve if consumer incomes are GHȼ 40, the price of good Y is GHȼ 20 and the price of good Z is GHȼ 27? (e) Graph the demand function for Kelewele from (d)
The weekly demand for Kelewele among the 2018 batch of MBA students at UPSA is Qdx = 900 – 10Px + 0.2I + 5Py – 4Pz, Where Qdx is the quantity demanded of Kelewele, Px is the price of Kelewele per lb, I is the consumer income in Ghana Cedis, Py and Pz are the prices of two goods that are related to Kelewele
Required:
(a) Based on the demand function above, is Kelewele a normal good or an inferior good?
(b) Based on the demand function above, what is the relationship between Kelewele and good Y?
(c) Based on the demand function above, what is the relationship between Kelewele and good Z?
(d) What is the equation of the demand curve if consumer incomes are GHȼ 40, the price of good Y is GHȼ 20 and the price of good Z is GHȼ 27?
(e) Graph the demand function for Kelewele from (d)
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