I want to talk about two products for the next ten minutes. Insulin andBicycles

PP Q Q Insulin Bicycles 10 m $1 $2 $3 D $ $ $ D

PP Q Q InsulinBicycles 10 m $1 $2 $3 D $ $ $ D One has few substitutes and one has many? Few substitutesMany substitutes One is a necessity and the other is a luxury? NecessityLuxury One is expensive and the other is inexpensive InexpensiveExpensive INELASTIC ELASTIC

PP Q Q Insulin Bicycles 10 m $1 $2 $3 D $ $ $ D PQ $310m $210m $110m PQ $ $ $ x x = = TR $10m $20m $30m $30,000 $40,000 $50,000x x x x x x

Elasticity Coefficient Q1 – Q2 Q1+Q2 P1 – P2 = Ed Ed>1 = elastic Ed<1 = inelastic Ed = 1 unit elastic Ed = 0 perfectly inelastic 2 P1+P2 2

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