a) price elasticity of demand

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  • define the law of demand

  • when the price of a product increases, the quantity demanded will decrease

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  • define price elasticity of demand

  • how responsive the change in quantity demanded is to the change in price

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  • state the formula for PED

  • PED = (%ΔQD) / (%ΔP)

  • price elasticity of demand = percentage change in quantity demanded / percentage change in price

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  • state the type of elasticity if PED = 0

  • define this type of elasticity

  • state what the gradient of this type of elasticity would look like

  • perfectly inelastic

  • the quantity demanded is completely unresponsive to any change in price

  • gradient = 0 (perfectly vertical)

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  • state the type of elasticity if -1 < PED < 0

  • define this type of elasticity

  • state what the gradient of this type of elasticity would look like

  • relatively inelastic

  • a large change in price causes a smaller change in quantity demanded

  • gradient = constant and negative, gradient < -1

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  • state the type of elasticity if PED = -1

  • define this type of elasticity

  • state what the gradient of this type of elasticity would look like

  • unitary elastic

  • a change in price causes an equal change in quantity demanded

  • gradient = constant, negative, -1

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  • state the type of elasticity if PED < -1

  • define this type of elasticity

  • state what the gradient of this type of elasticity would look like

  • relatively elastic

  • a large change in price causes a larger change in quantity demanded

  • gradient = constant and negative, gradient > -1

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  • state the type of elasticity if PED = infinite

  • define this type of elasticity

  • state what the gradient of this type of elasticity would look like

  • perfectly elastic

  • the quantity demanded falls to zero to any change in price

  • gradient = 0 (perfectly horizontal)

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  • state the determinants of PED

  • state how a high value of these determinants effects PED

  • substitute availability

    • high availability = high PED

  • product addictiveness

    • high addictiveness = low PED

  • product price in proportion to income

    • high proportion = high PED

  • time period

    • longer time period = high PED