In Sewei's lawnmowing business, in order to produce each mowed lawn, Sewei must hire exactly one unit of capital (a lawnmower) and exactly one unit of labor. Describe the elasticity of substitution between labor and capital

What will be an ideal response?

Since substitution is not possible here, there is zero elasticity of substitution.

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