A cigar factory employs 20 workers and produces 1,000 cigars a day. The company reduces the workforce to 19 workers and produces 912 cigars a day. The 20th worker:
A. had a marginal product of 88 cigars.
B. caused average product to fall.
C. must have had a lower marginal product than the 19th worker.
D. All of these are true.
A. had a marginal product of 88 cigars.
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