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  1. A demand curve, which is parallel to the horizontal axis, showing quantity, has the price elasticity equal to
    1. Zero
    2. One
    3. Less than one
    4. Infinity
Correct Option: D

Price elasticity of demand measures consumer response to price changes. If consumers are relatively sensitive to price changes, demand is elastic; if they are relatively unresponsive to price changes, demand is inelastic. Perfectly inelastic demand is graphed as a line parallel to the vertical axis; perfectly elastic demand is shown by a line above and parallel to the horizontal axis. When the demand for a commodity is perfectly elastic, the quantity of demand keeps changing with the price. So the coefficient of price elasticity of demand is infinity.



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