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Elasticity<br />

· Elasticity is a concept borrowed from physics<br />

· Elasticity is a measure of how responsive a<br />

dependent variable is to a small change in an<br />

independent variable(s)<br />

· Elasticity is defined as a ratio of the percentage<br />

change in the dependent variable to the<br />

percentage change in the independent variable<br />

· Elasticity can be computed for any two related<br />

variables<br />

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