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It depends a great deal on how widely you define the product. For example, the demand for "food" is completely inelastic, since there are no substitutes for "food". However, demand for apples will be far more elastic than the demand for food, since if the price of apples increases people can switch quite easily to a cheaper fruit.
It is difficult to generalise what items are elastic, since not all items within the same group have equal "value" - brand loyalty for example will decrease elasticity for certain items. This means that, if I were to say that demand for baked beans was elastic, you could point out that Heinz baked beans experience far lower levels of price elasticity than other brands of baked beans.
However, generally (very generally), unbranded/supermarket branded food items, when not defined too widely, will experience an elastic "price elasticity".
Contrary to many expectations, fuel actually does seem to be price elastic - at least, to a certain level. Even though there are very few good substitutes for petrol etc... consumption does decrease when prices are raised.
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What are unitary elastic products?
unitary elastic products are those with a supply and demand slope=1.
In general products that are consumed in fixed amounts have?
elastic demand
Which products supply could be elastic in the short run?
Handrugs
Examples of elastic products?
An elastic product is one that if the price goes up, people will stop buying it. Examples of elastic goods are vacations, DVD's and other material items.
What are the examples of products that are perfectly elastic?
Cotton textiles and kraft dinner.
What are unitary elastic products?
unitary elastic products are those with a supply and demand slope=1.
In general products that are consumed in fixed amounts have?
elastic demand
Which products supply could be elastic in the short run?
Handrugs
Examples of elastic products?
An elastic product is one that if the price goes up, people will stop buying it. Examples of elastic goods are vacations, DVD's and other material items.
What are the examples of products that are perfectly elastic?
Cotton textiles and kraft dinner.
How Luxury goods are price elastic?
Luxury products are elastic, in comparison to necessity products which are inelastic. Luxury goods are elastic because for a change in price there is a more than proportionate change in quantity. e.g. If the price of a luxury good increases, less people will purchase the good because it is not necessary in their lives - they can do without it.
When would you want to own a business that sells elastic products?
When the economy snaps back.
What are examples of five products whose demand is price elastic and five products whose demand is price inelastic?
narcotics, food, gas
When would you want to own a business that sells price elastic products?
You would want to own a company that offer price elastic products when there are no close substitutes. Although customers will respond to changes in price, they won't be able to substitute another product for yours.
What is the definition of Elastic products?
By "elastic products" I am assuming you mean that the demand for these products is relatively elastic. This means that if the price of the product were to decrease, there would be a relatively large increase in the quantities demanded and if the price were to increase, there would be a relatively large decrease in quantities demanded. Products that tend to be elastic are products that have a large number number of substitutes, products that tend to be luxuries (people can do without them), and products that take up a relatively large portion of houshold income (like washing machines, refidgerators, etc.). The demand curves for these products tend to be relatively flat. That is a general definition of products that are "relatively elastic". Things that are "relatively inelastic" are ones that can change their prices, but people will still tend to buy the same amount of the product. These tend to be things that are not luxuries, but needs or addictions (like essential medicines or addictive substances) or things that don't take up much of a person's income (like pencils or salt). The demand curve for these products tend to be relatively steep. These are general ideas. To confuse things, however, most products have a price range where the demand is elastic and a price range where the demand is inelastic. The mathematical formula has you find the percentage change in price compared to the percentage change in quantity demanded. If the % change in price is greater than the % change in quantity demanded, then the demand for the product is inelastic in that price range. If the % change in price is less than the % change in quantity demanded, then the demand for the product is elastic in that price range.
what elastic demand means?
The term "Unitary elastic" is used when the price elasticity of demand is equal to 1. For example, change in price from 10 to11 (+10%) causes change in quantity from 10 to 9 (-10%). 10%/10%=1. Unitary Elastic for the Elasticity of Demand is a proportionate change in price and quantity. This means that the reaction of consumers to price changes is stable and not dramatic like elastic products, and not small or no changes in quantity like inelastic products. It's in the middle of these two. As price goes up or down for unitary products, the total revenue from it stays relatively the same.
What does demand elastic mean?
The term "Unitary elastic" is used when the price elasticity of demand is equal to 1. For example, change in price from 10 to11 (+10%) causes change in quantity from 10 to 9 (-10%). 10%/10%=1. Unitary Elastic for the Elasticity of Demand is a proportionate change in price and quantity. This means that the reaction of consumers to price changes is stable and not dramatic like elastic products, and not small or no changes in quantity like inelastic products. It's in the middle of these two. As price goes up or down for unitary products, the total revenue from it stays relatively the same.
