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Explain the infinitely elastic demand

Explain the infinitely elastic demand.

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Perfectly elastic demand also called infinitely elastic:

While a small change in price leads to infinite change in quantity demanded, this is termed as perfectly elastic demand. But the demand curve is a horizontal straight line as specified below. Where ep= ∞ (infinity)

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