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Gus buys cupcakes every Saturday morning. When he walks into the bakery, he always orders by saying, "Give me 10 cupcakes." What does this tell you about Gus's elasticity of demand for cupcakes?Gus's demand for cupcakes ismultiple choiceelastic.perfectly inelastic.unit-elastic.inelastic.perfectly elastic.

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Gus buys cupcakes every Saturday morning. When he walks into the bakery, he always orders by saying, "Give me 10 cupcakes." What does this tell you about Gus's elasticity of demand for cupcakes?Gus's demand for cupcakes ismultiple choiceelastic.perfectly inelastic.unit-elastic.inelastic.perfectly elastic.

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Gus's demand for cupcakes is perfectly inelastic. This is because he always buys the same quantity (10 cupcakes) regardless of the price. Elasticity of demand measures how responsive quantity demanded is to a change in price. In Gus's case, his quantity demanded does not change at all with changes in price, indicating perfectly inelastic demand.

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