John Amaker owns orange groves and hires pickers for a two-week period as shown in Table 7-3.Table 7-3
Pickers
Oranges Picked
1
1,000
2
2,000
3
3,000
4
3,900
5
4,700
6
5,400
7
6,000
8
6,200
9
6,000
In Table 7-3, negative returns set in with picker
A. 6.
B. 7.
C. 8.
D. 9.
E. There are no negative returns in this table.
Answer: D
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