Suppose that a tax is placed on books. If the buyers pay the majority of the tax, then we know that the

a. demand is more inelastic than the supply.
b. supply is more inelastic than the demand.
c. government has required that buyers remit the tax payments.
d. government has required that sellers remit the tax payments.


a

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