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ELASTICITY
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Price Elasticity of Supply:
Extreme Cases
Perfectly Elastic Perfectly Inelastic
Supply is perfectly elastic if Supply is perfectly inelastic if
quantity supplied is extremely quantity supplied is totally
responsive to even very small unresponsive to any changes in
changes in price. price.
Price Price
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P 𝑆
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Quantity Quantity