Red Stone Creamery currently hires 5 workers. When it added a 6th worker, its output actually fell. Which of the following statements is true?

A) The total product becomes negative.
B) The average product of the sixth worker is negative.
C) The sixth worker is not as skilled as the fifth worker.
D) The marginal product of the sixth worker must be negative.


D

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