The following is the adjusted trial balance of Wilson Trucking Company. Account Title Debit Credit
ash $9,700
Accounts receivable 16,500
Office supplies 2,000
Trucks 191,000
Accumulated depreciation—Trucks $39,346
Land 75,000
Accounts payable 13,700
Interest payable 3,000
Long-term notes payable 52,000
Common stock 19,000
Retained earnings 168,127
Dividends 19,000
Trucking fees earned 129,000
Depreciation expense—Trucks 25,378
Salaries expense 60,501
Office supplies expense 14,000
Repairs expense—Trucks 11,094
Totals $424,173 $424,173
The Retained Earnings account balance is $160,583 at December 31, 2016.
1) Prepare the income statement for the year ended December 31, 2017.
2) Prepare the statement of retained earnings for the year ended December 31, 2017.

1. revising for conciseness - eliminating flabby expressions,limiting long lead-ins, and dropping unnecessary fillerstime 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.1. if your writing contains a flabby expression like in view of the fact that, replace it with the word because / although / probably .for each of the following two sentences, choose the best revision.2. i am sending you this letter to inform you that we have experienced an unexpected surprise within our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we will solve it.1) we need to inform you that we have experienced an unexpected surprise with our expense sheet, but we are midway to an end result.2) we have identified a problem with our expense sheet, but we will solve it.3) i am sending you this letter to inform you that we have a problem with our expense sheet, but we are positively certain we have a solution.3. it is the user who should contact the center.1) everyone knows that it is the user who should contact the center.2) the user should contact the center.3) if there is a problem, the user should contact the center.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.4. which revision limits the long lead-in in sentence 3? 1) in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.2) i’m letting you know so that in the future we are more careful about scheduling calls.3) so that you know in the future, we should be more careful about scheduling.