The Payment of a Liability

question 56

Multiple Choice

The payment of a liability:

• A) decreases assets and stockholders' equity.
• B) increases assets and decreases liabilities.
• C) decreases assets and increases liabilities.
• D) decreases assets and decreases liabilities.

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