X a consumer spends his entire income on two commodities A and (B) if price of A increases by 10% and his expenditure on item B remains same, then the price elasticity of item A is (a) 1 ; (b) < 1 ; (c) > 1 ; (d) ≥

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(a) 1 ;

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