Distinguish between:
1. Perfectly elastic demand and perfectly inelastic demand
Perfectly elastic demand
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Perfectly inelastic demand
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It implies that the demand is infinitely responsive to any change in the price of the good.
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It implies that the demand is completely unresponsive to any change in the price of the good.
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The perfectly elastic demand curve is parallel to the OX axis.
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The perfectly elastic demand curve is parallel to the OY axis.
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Here, Ed = ∞
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Here, Ed = 0
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