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The price of cauliflower goes up by 8% and total expenditure on cauliflowe goes up by 8% what is `P.e_(D)` ?

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Assuming : Initial price and Total expenditure to be 100
Since 8% rise in price has caused 8% increase in total expenditure, which implies that demand of the commodity remains constant, constant demand means zero elasticity of demand as the demand is perfectly inelastic. `P.e_(D)lt1`. as price and total expenditure both rise.
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