If the owner of an ice-cream stand told a student looking for summer work that he would not hire him even if he worked for nothing, we can infer that

A. the marginal product of the labor is zero or less.
B. the owner is producing at the lowest cost.
C. the marginal product of labor is rising.
D. the average product of labor is rising.


Answer: A

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