Demand Curve - Discreteness of Amounts

Discreteness of Amounts

If a commodity is sold in whole units, and these are substantial for a consumer, then the individual demand curve can hardly be approximated by a continuous curve. It is a set function of the price, defined by a price above which no unit is bought, a price range for which one is bought, etc.

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