Principles of Financial Accounting.
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Author: John J. Wild
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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- a. An error in the general journal where a $765 increase in Accounts Payable was recorded as a $765 decrease in Accounts Payable.
- b. The ledger balance for Accounts Payable of $7,650 being entered in the trial balance as $765.
- c. A general journal error where a $765 increase in Accounts Receivable was recorded as a $765 increase in Cash.
- d. The ledger balance of $850 in Accounts Receivable was entered in the trial balance as $85.
- e. An error in recording a $765 increase in Cash as a credit.
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