Calculating Price ElasticityQd = 30 – 3*PP = 2P = 5P = 8P = 6 Calculate elasticity of the price levels shown from 1 to 4. Identify if this product is elastic, inelastic, or unit elastic. Show your work.As we move along the demand curve, what happens to elasticity?

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Calculating Price Elasticity

Qd = 30 – 3*P

P = 2
P = 5
P = 8
P = 6

Calculate elasticity of the price levels shown from 1 to 4. Identify if this product is elastic, inelastic, or unit elastic. Show your work.
As we move along the demand curve, what happens to elasticity?

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Introduction

Price elasticity refers to the percentage change in the quantity demanded for a given percentage change in the price.

Algebraically we can write it as:

$E L_{P} Q = (P / Q) * (\partial Q / \partial P)$

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