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A small apple orchard hires fruit pickers to harvest their crop. The more fruit pickers they hire, the more apples they can harvest each day.$\newline$$a$ = the number of apples harvested each day$\newline$$f$ = the number of fruit pickers hired$\newline$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