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Give reasons for the following statements :(i) Demand for salt is highly inelastic.(ii) Consumer's expenditure on milk rises with an increase in the price of milk.(iii) A household's budget on entertainment make its elasticity equal to unity.

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Solution :(i) Demand for SALT is highly inelastic because of the following two reasons :
(a) Smaller proportion of total income is spent on the consumption of this commodity.
(b) There are no substitutes AVAILABLE of this commodity which is otherwise a necessity.
(ii) An increase in the price of milk will compel a househod to spend more money on milk since its consumption cannot be reduced significantly.
(iii) Normally, EVERY househould has a fixed budget to spend on entertainment. It adjusts the quantity demanded to different PRICES. At different prices, total EXPENDITURE remains unchanged.


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