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If $\Delta Q=\Delta P$ the $Es=1$(one).
So if the quantity supplied exactly equal to the relative change in price than the elasticity of supply is 1

If $\%$ $\Delta$Q $<$ $\%$ $\Delta$P then there is less then one elastic supply i.e., $e < 1$.
Supply is price elastic when the percentage change in quantity supplied is greater than the percentage change in price, and supply is price inelastic when the percentage change in quantity supplied is less than the percentage change in price.

$Es = \dfrac {\triangle q}{\triangle p} \times \dfrac {p}{q}$
$\triangle q = (300 - 240) = 60$
$\triangle p = (40 - 30) = 10$
$= \dfrac {60}{10}\times \dfrac {30}{240}$
$= .75$.

$E _{s} = \dfrac {\triangle q}{\triangle p}\times \dfrac {p}{q}$
$= \dfrac {25}{5}\times \dfrac {10}{100} = 0.5$.

When the quantity supplied does not change at all regardless of price changes, the elasticity of supply is zero. This is known as perfectly inelastic supply.

When change in supply is higher than the change in price of the commodity, the supply is elastic.

A positively sloping supply curve that intersects the price axis (above the origin) has an elasticity of supply greater than one. This indicates that the percentage change in quantity is greater than the percentage change in price.

Perfectly elastic supply means that at a specific price, producers are willing to supply any quantity. Graphically, this is represented by a horizontal line.

A negative elasticity of supply implies that as price increases, quantity supplied decreases. This corresponds to a negatively sloping (downward-sloping) supply curve.

A supply curve that is a straight line passing through the origin has a unitary elasticity (Es = 1) at every point. This is because the percentage change in price and quantity are always equal.