The following graph shown the daily market for jeans. Suppose the government institutes a tax of $40.60 per pair. The places a wedge between the price buyers pay and the price sellers receive.

Fill in the following table with the quantity sold, the price buyers pay, and the price sellers receive before and after the tax.

	Quantity	Price Buyers Pay	Price Sellers Receive
	(Pairs of jeans)	(Dollars per pair)	(Dollars per pair)
Before Tax
After Tax

Using the data you entered in the previous table, calculate the tax burden that falls on buyers and on sellers, respectively, and calculate the price elasticity of demand and supply over the relevant ranges using the midpoint method. Enter your results in the following table.

	Tax Burden	Elasticity
	(Dollars per pair)
Buyers
Sellers

The burden of the tax falls more heavily on the---------- elastic side of the market.

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PRICE (Dollars per pair) 200 180 100 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 O + Demand Tax Wedge Supply 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 QUANTITY (Pairs of jeans) (?) PRICE (Dollars per pair) 200 180 100 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 O + Demand Tax Wedge Supply 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 QUANTITY (Pairs of jeans) (?)

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