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Is the ratio between the percent change in quantity and percent change in price?
Price elasticity is the ratio between the percentage change in the quantity demanded (Qd) or supplied (Qs) and the corresponding percent change in price. The price elasticity of demand is the percentage change in the quantity demanded of a good or service divided by the percentage change in the price.
When the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than percentage change in price then price elasticity of demand is?
Answer and Explanation: 1) When the percentage change in the quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price, then demand is C. inelastic.
When percentage change in quantity demanded is more than the percentage change in price the demand curve is a rectangular B flatter C steeper D horizontal?
Solution. When the percentage change in quantity demanded is more than the percentage change in price, the demand curve is flatter.
When the percentage change in quantity demanded is greater than the percentage change in price of the commodity the demand for the commodity is said to be?
Own-Price Elasticity
If the percent change in the quantity demanded is greater than the percent change in the price of a good, demand is said to be price elastic or more responsive to price changes. (Example: A 1-percent change in price induces a change in quantity demanded by more than 1 percent.)