Suppose that the twenty-third worker at a distribution center for an online retailer generates a marginal product equal to eight boxes of output and that the average product of the twenty-third worker employed is five boxes per worker. We can conclude that

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When the marginal product of the latest worker (in this case, the twenty-third worker) is greater than the average product prior to their hiring, it means that their contribution is pulling the average upwards, indicating that the average product is rising.

Suppose That the Twenty-Third Worker at a Distribution Center for an Online