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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| elasticity of demand | term economists use to describe how responsive consumers are to price changes in the marketplace |
| elastic | elastic demand when a change in price, either up or down, leads to relatively larger change in the quantity demanded |
| inelastic | inelastic demand when a change in price leads to a relatively smaller change in the quantity demanded |
| unit elastic | when the percentage change in price and quantity demanded are the same |
| total revenue | the amount paid by buyers and received by sellers of a good computed as the price of the good times the quantity sold |
| total revenue test | measure elasticity by comparing the total revenue a business would receive when offering its product at various prices |