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Availability of substitutes - if substitutes are readily available, demand for the product is elastic. If no close substitutes are available, demand is inelastic
Proportion of consumers income spent on commodities - where proportion is small like toothpicks, demand is inelastic and where proportion is relatively large, demand is elastic
Number of uses of a product -the greater the uses, the greater the elasticity
The part played by the product to human life -necessities have less elastic demand like like flour while luxuries have more elastic demand
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