Your task: Business writing is more forceful when it uses active-voice verbs. Revise the following sentences so that verbs are in the active voice. Put the emphasis on the doer of the action. Add subjects if necessary.

Example: Antivirus software was installed on her computer.

Revision: Rachel installed antivirus software on her computer.

36. A company credit card was used by the manager to purchase office supplies.

37. To protect students, laws were passed in many states that prohibited the use of social security numbers as identification.

38. Checks are processed more quickly by banks because of new regulations.

39. Millions of packages are scanned by FedEx every night as packages stream through its Memphis hub.