An Example of a Special Change in Accounting Principle That

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Multiple Choice

An example of a special change in accounting principle that should be reported by restating the financial statements of prior periods is the change from the:

• A) Straight-line method of depreciating plant equipment to the sum-of-the-years'-digits method.
• B) Sum-of-the-years'-digits method of depreciating plant equipment to the straight-line method.
• C) FIFO method of inventory valuation to the Weighted Average method.
• D) All of these choices are correct.

Apply the properties of the standard normal distribution to solve problems.

Compute critical values and probabilities for standard and non-standard normal variables.

Understand and apply the concept of variance and standard deviation within the context of the normal distribution.

Critically analyze the assumptions and conditions for applying normal distribution models.

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