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A mathematical note about elasticity

This page contains the activities for the teacher only page: A mathematical note about elasticity It is normal for IB economics students to make the assumption that elasticity curves are linear i.e. that the PES / PED elasticity for any product is constant. In reality this is not the case and are only drawn as straight lines for simplicity to represent lines of best fit as the following diagrams illustrate. From...


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