John Amaker owns orange groves and hires pickers for a two-week period as shown in Table 7-3.
Table 7-3
-In Table 7-3, the marginal physical product of the fifth picker is
A)4,700.
B)900.
C)800.
D)3,900.

Question

John Amaker owns orange groves and hires pickers for a two-week period as shown in Table 7-3.
Table 7-3 
-In Table 7-3, the marginal physical product of the fifth picker is
A)4,700. 
B)900. 
C)800. 
D)3,900.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The marginal physical product of a worker is the additional output that is produced when one more worker is added, holding all other inputs constant. In this case, the marginal physical product of the fifth picker is the difference between the total output with five pickers (19,200) and the total output with four pickers (16,800), which is 800. Therefore, the answer is C.

John Amaker Owns Orange Groves and Hires Pickers for a Two-Week