ita buys only two items form the market—bread and jeans. Her income and the price of bread is constant. As jeans become costlier she buys less bread. Which of the following does this imply. Why? price elasticity of demand for jeans is less than 1 (one) Jeans are a luxury Bread is an inferior good There is no substitution effect in this case

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