As a result of a fall in the price total expenditure on the commodity decreases, the coefficient of elasticity will be:

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• A fall in the price of the commodity whose demand curve is a rectangular hyperbola causes total expenditure on the commodity:
• If the percentage increase in the quantity demanded of a commodity is smaller than the percentage fall in its price, the coefficient of price elasticity:
• An increase in the price of the commodity when demand is inelastic causes the total expenditure of consumers of the commodity to:
• If the quantity demanded remains unchanged as the price of the commodity falls, the coefficient of price elasticity of demand is
• If the amount of the commodity purchased remains unchanged when the price of another commodity changes, the cross elasticity of demand between them will be:
• A negative income elasticity of demand for a commodity indicates that as income falls, the amount of the commodity purchased:
• If the income elasticity of demand for a commodity is found to be 0.4, then the commodity concerned is
• Relation between price of a commodity and demand for another commodity is measured by:
• If the supply curve of the commodity is having a positive slope, a rise in the price of the commodity, results in:
• A fall in the price of the commodity holding everything else constant results in: