Important information about Price Elasticity of Demand and Total Revenue
(Categories of Price Elasticity of Demand) for each of the following absolute values of price elasticity of demand, indicate whether demand is elastic, inelastic, perfectly elastic, perfectly inelastic, or unit elastic. In addition, determine what would happen to total revenue if a firm raised its price in each elasticity range identified.
a. ED = 2.5
b. ED = 1.0
c. ED = Infinity
d. ED = 0.8