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A small apple orchard hires fruit pickers to harvest their crop. The number of apples harvested each day depends on the number of fruit pickers hired.$\newline$$f =$ the number of fruit pickers hired$\newline$$a =$ the number of apples harvested each day$\newline$Which of the variables is independent and which is dependent?$\newline$Choices:$\newline$(A) $f$ is the independent variable and $a$ is the dependent variable$\newline$(B) $a$ is the independent variable and $f$ is the dependent variable