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Answer briefly each of the following questions.
How is elasticity of supply different from supply of commodity?

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Supply of a commodity refers to a schedule showing various quantities of a commodity that the producers are willing to sell at different possible prices of the commodity at a point of time.
Price elasticity of supply measures the degree of extension and contraction of supply in response to a given change in own price of the commodity.

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