If one worker can pick $30 worth of grapes and two workers together can pick $50 worth of grapes, the
A) marginal revenue product of each worker is $25.
B) marginal revenue product of the first worker is $20.
C) marginal revenue product of the second worker is $20.
D) data given do not permit the determination of the marginal revenue product of either worker.

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The marginal revenue product (MRP) of the second worker is the additional revenue generated by hiring the second worker. Since one worker picks $30 worth of grapes and two workers together pick $50 worth, the second worker contributes an additional $20 worth of grapes.

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