GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BUSINESS ECONOMICS

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What is elasticity?
A
Results of making things whose values and limitations do not change the price of goods and services they produce
B
Price at which buyers and sellers agree to trade in a free market
C
Measure of the responsiveness of demand and supply of a good or service to an increase or decrease in its price.
D
things needed to create goods or services
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Price elasticity measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good to a change in its price. It is computed as the percentage change in quantity demanded-or supplied-divided by the percentage change in price.

Detailed explanation-2: -The income elasticity of demand reflects the responsiveness of demand to changes in income. It is the percentage change in quantity demanded at a specific price divided by the percentage change in income, ceteris paribus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Price elasticity of demand is a measurement of the change in consumption of a product in relation to a change in its price. A good is perfectly elastic if the price elasticity is infinite (if demand changes substantially even with minimal price change).

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