When the price is near PM ( the maximum price at which any of the good will be demanded),
a change in price represents a small percentage of the total price,
since price is high. However, quantity demanded is near zero (0)
so a change in quantity will be a large percentage change. Therefore,
elasticity will be a large number, meaning that demand is elastic.
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