Article Summary Monthly Marijuana Sales in Colorado Topped $100 Million for the for the First

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Article Summary
Monthly marijuana sales in Colorado topped $100 million for the first time in August, 2015, with $59.2 million in recreational sales and $41.4 million in medical sales. Colorado has levied three types of state taxes on recreational-use marijuana: a 2.9% standard sales tax, a 10% special marijuana sales tax, and a 15% excise tax on wholesale marijuana transfers. The 15% excise tax is earmarked for school construction projects. In August, recreational-use taxes and fees totaled $11.2 million and medical taxes and fees were $2 million, bringing total revenue-to-date for the year to over $86 million.
Source: Elizabeth Hernandez, "Colorado monthly marijuana sales eclipse $100 million mark," Denver Post, October 9, 2015.
-Refer to the Article Summary above.Colorado taxes marijuana with a 12.9% sales tax on buyers and a 15% wholesale excise tax on producers, or a total tax of 27.9% Suppose the actual burden of the tax falls 80 percent on consumers and 20 percent on producers.In this case, consumers will actually bear the tax burden of about ________ percent of the selling price and producers will actually bear the tax burden of ________ percent of the selling price.

A) 22; 6
B) 46; 54
C) 13; 15
D) 80; 20