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Price elasticity of demand shows how

Responsive the quantity demanded is to a change in price.

Supply is very elastic when

The quantity supplied has a large increase in response to an increase in price.

Supply is very inelastic when

The quantity supplied changes little when the price increases

Oil and alternative sources of energy such as wind and solar are

Substitute goods

For product X, the price elasticity of demand has an absolute value of 3.5. This means that quantity demanded will increase by

3.5 percent for each 1 percent decrease in price, ceteris paribus.

When demand is elastic, the absolute number for price elasticity will be

Greater than 1

When demand is inelastic

The percentage change in price is greater than the percentage change in quantity demanded.

When the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price, ceteris paribus

Demand is inelastic

A demand curve that is completely elastic is

Horizontal

The demand will be _______________ if the consumer has _________ substitute goods to choose from

Elastic; more

The basic formula for price elasticity of demand is

The percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price

Demand is more price-elastic

In the long run

If the price elasticity of demand is equal to 2, the good has ___ demand.

Elastic

A price change will have no effect on total revenue if demand is

Unitary elastic

If the demand for cigarettes is inelastic

Total revenue will rise if the price of cigarettes rise

When demand is price-inelastic, ceteris paribus, an increase in

Price leads to greater total revenue

To find the average percentage change in quantity demanded,

The change in quantity demanded is divided by the average quantity

On a demand curve, demand is more elastic

At higher prices

Smart phones and apps are complementary goods. The cross price elasticity of demand between smart phones and apps is expected to be

Negative

If two goods are complementary goods, then

The cross-price elasticity sign will be negative

Income elasticity measures the

Responsiveness of quantity demanded to a percentage change in income

A good is normal if the sign on the income elasticity formula is

Positive

The demand for normal goods

Rises when income rises

If a good is normal, its

income elasticity of demand is positive

If a good is inferior, its

income elasticity of demand is negative

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When the percentage change in the quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price then demand is?

If the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price, demand is said to be price inelastic, or not very responsive to price changes.

Is the percentage change in the quantity supplied is less than the percentage change in price?

Supply is price elastic when the percentage change in quantity supplied is greater than the percentage change in price, and supply is price inelastic when the percentage change in quantity supplied is less than the percentage change in price.

When the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price of a given product being purchased we say the demand for such a product is?

Example of Price Elasticity of Demand Finally, if the quantity purchased changes less than the price (say, -5% demanded for a +10% change in price), then the product is deemed inelastic.

When the percentage change in the quantity demanded equals the percentage change in price?

When percentage change in quantity demanded is equal to the percentage change in price, the elasticity of demand is unitary elastic.