Question : Monu's favorite college canteen food is hotdogs. The owner of the canteen raises the price of hotdogs by a factor of two. Rahul did not respond to the price increase and continued to demand the same number of hotdogs.
His demand for hotdogs is?
Option 1: Less elastic
Option 2: Elastic
Option 3: Perfectly inelastic
Option 4: Perfectly elastic
Correct Answer: Perfectly inelastic
Solution :
His demand for hotdogs is perfectly inelastic.
When the price of a product changes, the quantity demanded does not change. This is known as perfectly inelastic demand. This means that the supplier can set any price they want and people will still buy the product.
Hence option c is the correct answer.




