Consider a $6500 piece of machinery, with a 5-year depreciable life and an estimated $1200 salvage value. The projected utilization of the machinery when it was purchased, and its actual production to date, are as follows: Year Projected Production (Tons) Actual Production (Tons)
1 3500 3000
2 4000 5000
3 4500 [Not]
4 5000 Yet
5 5500 [Known]

Compute the depreciation using :
a. straight line
b. sum of years digits
c. double declining balance
d. Unit of production (for the first 2 years only)
e. Modified accelerated cost recovery system

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.