The expenditure on the good would change in the opposite direction as the price change if and only if:
The expenditure on the good would change in the opposite direction as the price change if and only if:
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
Total expenditure moves opposite to price only when demand is elastic, i.e., . This requires the percentage change in quantity demanded to be greater than the percentage change in price: a price fall then raises expenditure and a price rise lowers it.
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