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Interpreting Price Elasticity of Demand Unit 3.47.

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1 Interpreting Price Elasticity of Demand Unit 3.47

2 Interpreting the Price Elasticity of Demand How Elastic is Elastic? – Extreme conditions of elasticity Perfect Elasticity Perfect Inelasticity – Unit Elasticity

3 Figure 47.1 Two Extreme Cases of Price Elasticity of Demand Ray and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition Copyright © 2011 by Worth Publishers

4 Figure 47.2 (a) Unit-Elastic Demand, Inelastic Demand, and Elastic Demand Ray and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition Copyright © 2011 by Worth Publishers

5 Figure 47.2 (b) Unit-Elastic Demand, Inelastic Demand, and Elastic Demand Ray and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition Copyright © 2011 by Worth Publishers

6 Figure 47.2 (c) Unit-Elastic Demand, Inelastic Demand, and Elastic Demand Ray and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition Copyright © 2011 by Worth Publishers

7 Figure 47.3 Total Revenue Ray and Anderson: Krugman’s Economics for AP, First Edition Copyright © 2011 by Worth Publishers

8 Price Elasticity Along the Demand Curve

9 What Factors Determine Price Elasticity of Demand Substitutes Necessity or Luxury Share of Income Time


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