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An auditor is planning the confirmation of accounts receivable. The total of debit balances in the aged trial balance of receivables is $2 million. The auditor has decided that the tolerable misstatement (basic precision) for this sampling application is $50 000, the risk of incorrect acceptance is five per cent and zero error is expected. There are 2500 customer balances. The auditor has the following statistical tables available. The auditor decides to use dollar-unit sampling.(Use the following table to determine your answer.) Number of risk of incorrect acceptance:
An auditor is planning the confirmation of accounts receivable. The total of debit balances in the aged trial balance of receivables is $2 million. The auditor has decided that the tolerable misstatement (basic precision)  for this sampling application is $50 000, the risk of incorrect acceptance is five per cent and zero error is expected. There are 2500 customer balances. The auditor has the following statistical tables available. The auditor decides to use dollar-unit sampling.(Use the following table to determine your answer.)  Number of risk of incorrect acceptance:   The auditor's estimated sample size is approximately: A)  120. B)  80. C)  200. D)  160. The auditor's estimated sample size is approximately:


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