A statistician has estimated the following demand function for the demand faced by firm X: Q = 150 – 5.4P +0.8A + 2.8Y – 1.2PZ where Q is the quantity demanded of product X and P is the price of, A is X's advertising expenditure, Y is consumer income per capita, and PZ is the price of firm Z's product. (a) If at price P = 10 demand is Q = 100 (with all other factors fixed), where and by what percentage should firm X change price to increase its revenue by 20%? (b) If advertising expenditure A is increased by 5000, how and by how much will the demand for Q be affected? (c) What is expected to be the ratio of the goods of firms X and Z?

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