We have shown that slope isn't the same as elasticity. A linear demand
curve, which has the same slope everywhere, will be elastic when price is high and inelastic when price is low. The graph to the right shows how elasticity
changes along a linear demand curve.
We can illustrate this numerically, but first let's understand
it mathematically.
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