Conclusions I am concluding that Frederick is the better farmer/businessman. When comparing the financials of the two farmers, Frederick's consistently demonstrated higher production per acre of land allotted him. Ivan ended up with higher net income and more assets at the end of the year, but when calculated into common terms was actually less productive overall. Finding of Facts. Since the two farmers were not given equal plots, in order to make them comparable …showed first 75 words of 453 total…

…showed last 75 words of 453 total…An alternative (and the more obvious) way to examine the data would be to look at the raw figures. I believe this is a less sophisticated approach since the two men were given different amounts of equity and land to begin the year. If taking this approach of looking at raw data, Ivan is clearly the better farmer since he ended up with higher net income and more assets at the end of the year.