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Refer to the Accompanying Graph A Calculate the Income Elasticity of Demand for Televisions at c

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Refer to the accompanying graph.  Price  Quantity of  Televisions (Y=20,000) Quantity of  Televisions (Y=30,0000)$350250375$450200325 $550 150275 $650 100225$75050175\begin{array} { | l | c | c | } \hline \text { Price } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Quantity of } \\\text { Televisions } ( \mathbf { Y } \\= \mathbf { 2 0 , 0 0 0 } )\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { Quantity of } \\\text { Televisions } ( \mathbf { Y } \\= \mathbf { 3 0 , 0 0 0 0 } )\end{array} \\\hline \$ 350 & 250 & 375 \\\hline \$ 450 & 200 & 325 \\\hline \text { \$550 } & 150 & 275 \\\hline \text { \$650 } & 100 & 225 \\\hline \$ 750 & 50 & 175 \\\hline\end{array}
a. Calculate the income elasticity of demand for televisions at a price of $550.
b. Are televisions a luxury good, necessity good, or inferior good? Explain.
c. Name a good for which consumption would likely fall when there is an increase in income from $20,000 to $30,000. Explain your reasoning.

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a. Income elasticity of demand = percent...

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