Suppose a tax of $20 is placed on televisions. If this market's supply and demand curves' are elastic, the burden of this tax falls on: Select an answer and submit. For keyboard navigation, use the up/down arrow keys to select an answer. a the sellers b the buyers both the sellers and the buyers.

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