According to von Thunen’s agricultural land use model, farms located on the farthest rings from the epicenter will be much larger because __________.

In von Thünen’s model, land closer to the market is more valuable because transporting goods there costs less. Farther from the epicenter, land values are lower per acre, so farms can use more land and tend to be larger. Therefore, the best answer is “the land values are less per acre.”

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