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No good is perfectly elastic: if it were, any raise in price would cause exactly zero units of the good to be demanded, and any drop in price would cause infinite units of the good to be demanded, which is not possible. Some goods are very elastic, however, like goods with close substitutes (Pepsi and Coke are good examples).

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