A $2.00 increase in the size of a tax on a good will only cause the price for buyers to increase by $2.00 if

A) demand is perfectly inelastic.
B) demand is perfectly elastic.
C) demand is unit elastic.
D) demand is inelastic, but not perfectly inelastic.
E) demand is elastic, but not perfectly elastic.


A

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