Price discrimination will be profitable only if the elasticity of demand in different market in which the total market has been divided is ________.

uniform

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Solution

The correct option is B different
Price discrimination implies that the seller in a market charges different prices for its commodity from different groups of consumers either for different uses or at different places.
It is profitable only if the elasticity of demand is different in different market in which the total market has been divided.

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