What Are the Effects on the Accounting Equation from the Purchase

question 75

Multiple Choice

What are the effects on the accounting equation from the purchase of a short-term investment?

• A)Assets and stockholders' equity decrease.
• B)No effects-assets increase and decrease by the same amount.
• C)Assets and liabilities decrease.
• D)Stockholders' equity decreases and liabilities increase.

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