Suppose There Are Two Types of Fruit Pickers

question 85

Multiple Choice

Suppose there are two types of fruit pickers. Fast pickers bring in more than 10 units of fruit per day, while the slow pickers bring in fewer than 10 units per day. Johnson Farm pays pickers a flat rate of $50 per day, and Henry Farm pays pickers $5 for every unit picked. The pickers know their productivity level, but the farms don't know a picker's productivity until he or she starts working. Fast pickers will choose to apply at _____.

• A) Johnson Farm
• B) Henry Farm
• C) both farms
• D) neither farm

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