How to use the midpoint method

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In Smalltown, the price of Twinkies fell from $0.80 to $0.70. As a result the quantity demanded of HoHo's decreased from 120 to 100. What would be the appropriate elasticity to compute? Use the midpoint method, compute this elasticity. What does your answer tell you?

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