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price elasticity of demand

(Ed)A function of demand for which as the price increases or decreases, the demand of the product changes.

Ed=abs(%change in quantity demanded/%change in price).

inelastic<1.

unit elastic=1.

perfectly inelastic demand=0.

perfectly elastic=infinity.

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