Analyzing an Agricultural Trial Investment
A farmer conducts a trial with a new variety of corn. They plant 80 kilograms of seed corn and harvest 100 kilograms of corn from the trial plot. Calculate the rate of return on this investment and explain what this calculated rate signifies about the profitability of using this new seed variety.
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