Gus buys cupcakes every Saturday morning. When he walks into the bakery, he always orders by saying, "Give me $10 worth of cupcakes." What does this tell you about Gus's elasticity of demand for cupcakes? Gus's demand for cupcakes is multiple choice 2 perfectly inelastic. perfectly elastic. inelastic. unit-elastic. elastic.
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