how does the rate at which opportunity costs rise as quantity increase determine elasticty of supply for a good?

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Chapter5: Price Elasticity Of Demand And Supply
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Problem 24SQ: Suppose that when price is 10, quantity supplied is 20 units, and when the price is 6, the quantity...
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how does the rate at which opportunity costs rise as quantity increase determine elasticty of supply for a good? 

 

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Price elasticity of supply is defined as the % change in supply due to 1 % change in price of a good.

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Opportunity cost of a good is the number of units of second good that has to be sacrificed in order to get one unit of the first good. It is a downward sloping line. 

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