Elasticity can be described as elastic or very responsive; unit elastic or inelastic -not very responsive.

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Elastic demand or supply curves indicate that the quantity demanded or supplied responds to price changes in
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Elasticity can be described as elastic or very responsive; unit elastic or inelastic -not very responsive.
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The elasticity of demand/ supply measures the responsiveness/ sensitivity of the quantity demanded/ supplied with respect to the price.

If the demand or supply curve is elastic it would imply that a change in quantity demanded/ supplied is more than a change in price.

Hence, The above statement is true

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