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A government wants to levy commodity taxes on two goods to raise a fixed revenue while minimizing deadweight loss. The price elasticities of demand are epsilon1=1.5\\epsilon_1 = -1.5 and epsilon2=0.5\\epsilon_2 = -0.5. Supply is perfectly elastic for both goods. According to the Ramsey Rule, what is the optimal ratio of tax rates t1/t2t_1 / t_2 (expressed as a fraction of price)?