If the demand for tin is highly inelastic and the supply of tin alternately decreases and increases along the demand curve, how will the magnitude of price changes compare to the magnitude of quantity changes in this market?

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When demand is highly inelastic, quantity demanded changes very little in response to price changes. Therefore, fluctuations in supply cause relatively large changes in price compared to quantity, making price variation greater than quantity variation.

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