If one worker can pick $30 worth of grapes and two workers together can pick $50 worth of grapes, the

A. marginal revenue product of each worker is $25.
B. marginal revenue product of the second worker is $20.
C. marginal revenue product of the first worker is $20.
D. data given does not permit the determination of the marginal revenue product of either worker.


Answer: B

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