Holly Has Recently Graduated from College and Has Bought a House

question 36

Multiple Choice

Holly has recently graduated from college and has bought a house that was built 50 years ago for $100,000. She used a real estate agent to help her find and purchase the house, and the real estate agent received 5 percent of the value of the sale, or $5,000, to be paid by the seller of the house. The value of GDP in this case would

• A)increase by $100,000.
• B)increase by $95,000.
• C)increase by $105,000.
• D)increase by $5,000.
• E)not be affected because the house was not produced in the current time period.

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Definitions:

Account Balance

The amount of money in a financial repository, such as a checking or savings account, at any given moment.

Trial Balance Column

A report that lists the balances of all general ledger accounts at a particular point in time, serving as a tool for verifying the total debits equal total credits in the accounting system.

Trial Balance Preparation

The process of compiling the balances of all ledgers into debit and credit columns to ensure that the total debits equal total credits in financial accounting.

Account Balance

The sum of money available in a financial account at a specific moment.