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A demand curve, which is parallel to the horizontal axis, showing quantity, has the price elasticity equal to
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- Zero
- One
- Less than one
- Infinity
- Zero
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.