ECON 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hyperbola, Demand Curve, Price Elasticity Of Demand

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Elasticity of demand means degree of response of demand. The degree of responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to change in its price is called elasticity of demand. When change in quantity demanded is measured with respect to change in price of the commodity it is called price elasticity of demand. Price elasticity is a measure of degree of response of demand for a good to change in its price. By degree here we mean rate of change. If elasticity of demand is (-) 2 the minus sign refers to the inverse relation between price and demand. It means that if price of a good changes by one percent the demand for the good changes by 2 per cent. Elasticity measures the percentage change in quantity demanded of a good due to percentage change in price of that good.

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