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When the price of a good increases by 10 percent the quantity demanded of it decreases by 2 percent?The demand for a good is inelastic if the percentage decrease in the quantity demanded is less than the percentage increase in its price. In this example, a 10 percent price rise brings a 2 percent decrease in the quantity demanded, so demand is inelastic.
When a 10% change in price leads to more than 10% change in quantity demanded we say demand is?perfectly elastic demand
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When the price of a product is increased 15% the quantity demanded decreases 10% we can therefore conclude that the demand for the product is?Answer and Explanation:
When the price of a product is increased 15 percent, the quantity demanded decreases 10 percent. We can therefore conclude that the demand for this product is: b. Inelastic. The percentage change in demand is lower than the percentage change in price.
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