To the right is the computation, using the simplified formula, of the cross-price elasticity of demand for tires with respect to the price of gasoline. As expected it is negative, since the two are complements. The effect probably wouldn't be this large in actuality, but the numbers were chosen for ease of computation for the purposes of this example.

   Let's try the same computation using the arc elasticity formula...

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