Question

If the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand is greater than 1:

Answer 1

Answer:

b. small percentage changes in the price will lead to much larger percentage changes in the quantity demanded.

Explanation:

Price elasticity of demand is a measure of how responsive is quantity demanded to change in price. Its formula is given by:

$E_{D}$ = $\frac{dQ}{Q}{\frac{P}{dP} =$

= % Change in Quantity Demanded / % Change in Price

So when absolute value $E_{D}$  is greater than 1, a x percentage change in price will lead to larger than x percentage change in quantity demanded.

Note: Whether the percentage change in quantity demanded will be just a little or very much larger than percentage change in price will depend on how much $E_{D}$ is larger than 1. But b is the still the best answer among the options.