A Company Using the Periodic Inventory System Correctly Recorded a Purchase

question 85

Multiple Choice

A company using the periodic inventory system correctly recorded a purchase of merchandise,but the merchandise was not included in the physical inventory count at the end of the accounting period.The error caused which of the following?

• A)An understatement of both net income and assets.
• B)An overstatement of inventory, purchases, and accounts payable.
• C)An understatement of inventory, purchases, and accounts payable.
• D)An overstatement of net income and assets.

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Definitions:

Frequency Polygon

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data. It is usually a line that connects points representing the frequencies of various categories or intervals of data.

Class Intervals

Ranges of values into which data points are grouped for frequency distribution analysis.

Histogram

A type of bar chart used in statistics to represent the distribution of data by showing the number of data points that fall within a range of values.

Normally Distributed Curves

Graphical representations of a normal distribution, showing how data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean.