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Elasticity of Demand
Elasticity of Demand
types
• Price elastic
• Income elastic
• Cross elastic
PRICE ELASTICITY
Price elasticity
• Responsiveness of price change of quantity
demanded of a good to a change in its price.
Elasticity continuum
Perfectly Elastic Elastic Unit Elastic
Inelastic Perfectly Inelastic
Mathematically
Price elasticity= Q2-Q1/ P2-P1
Elasticity continuum
Calculating Price elasticity
point method
Now lets try to calculate PE through point method
• Lets try to find PE between point A & B