The more elastic the supply of a product, the more likely it is that the

a. burden of a tax on the product will fall on sellers.
b. burden of a tax on the product will fall on buyers.
c. burden of a tax on the product will fall equally on both buyers and sellers.
d. deadweight loss of the tax will be smaller.

B

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