As price elasticity of demand increases, the burden of a tax gets _______; as price elasticity of supply increases, the burden of a tax gets _________. (Here, you can read "bigger" as "heavier" and "smaller" as "lighter" if that helps.)   bigger; bigger smaller; smaller bigger; smaller smaller; bigger

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