Revising for Conciseness - Eliminating Flabby Expressions, Limiting Long Lead-Ins, and Dropping Unnecessary Fillers

Time is money in any business environment. People want information communicated quickly and clearly. To make your writing more concise and understandable, avoid flabby expressions, long lead-ins, and unnecessary fillers. Your audience will appreciate your brevity.
Read the following passage, and then answer the question.

[1] You scheduled seven conference calls for this morning between 10 and 11 a. m.
[2] Generally, the company limits the number of conference calls to three per hour.
[3] I’m letting you know that in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.

Jared harless shattered his elbow in a snowboarding accident and decided to visit a doctor at smith union hospital for treatment. in most large organizations, several people are responsible for the buying decisions. these buying-center participants can include employees who have a formal role in purchasing decisions (i.e., the purchasing or procurement department), members of the design team for a new product, top managers, and employees who will be using the item being purchased. these employees are likely to play different roles in the buying process. vendors must understand these roles and adapt the marketing process appropriately for different individuals and for the buying center as a whole.

The struter partnership has total partners’ equity of $510,000, which is made up of main, capital, $400,000, and frist, capital, $110,000. the partners share net income and loss in a ratio of 80% to main and 20% to frist. on november 1, adison is admitted to the partnership and given a 15% interest in equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. prepare journal entries to record the admission of adison for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss under the following independent assumptions. (1) record the admission of adison with an investment of $90,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. (2) record the admission of adison with an investment of $120,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss. (3) record the admission of adison with an investment of $80,000 for a 15% interest in the equity and a 15% share in any income and loss.

Suppose that the firm cherryblossom has an orchard they are willing to sell today. the net annual returns to the orchard are expected to be $50,000 per year for the next 20 years. at the end of 20 years, it is expected the land will sell for $30,000. calculate the market value of the orchard if the market rate of return on comparable investments is 16%.