Letter writing is another strategy for influencing candidates. given that lawmakers and their staffs are busy and not likely to do more than glance at a long letter, simon (2003) suggests keeping letters focused and short, concentrating on two or three issues at the most. one would expect the same would apply to other forms of writing that candidates might see such as emails and blog contents.

Tri fecta, a partnership, had revenues of $369,000 in its first year of operations. the partnership has not collected on $45,000 of its sales and still owes $39,500 on $155,000 of merchandise it purchased. there was no inventory on hand at the end of the year. the partnership paid $27,000 in salaries. the partners invested $48,000 in the business and $23,000 was borrowed on a five-year note. the partnership paid $2,070 in interest that was the amount owed for the year and paid $9,500 for a two-year insurance policy on the first day of business. compute net income for the first year for tri fecta.