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A Local Government Is Considering a 10 Percent Tax on Items

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A local government is considering a 10 percent tax on items A, B, and C. They want to tax only those goods for which the burden of the tax is lowest on suppliers. They know that the elasticity of supply of all the suppliers in question is about equal and have observed that when the price of A, B, and C rose 10 percent, total sales receipts for A and B rose 2 percent but declined 2 percent for C. From this information, they should:


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