A Boxcar Without a Front or a Back Is Moving

question 6

Multiple Choice

A boxcar without a front or a back is moving toward the right.Two flashes of light move through the boxcar,one moving from back to front toward the right,the other moving from front to back toward the left.A passenger in the boxcar records how long it takes each flash of light to pass from one end of the boxcar to the other end.According to the passenger,which took longer?

• A)the flash going from back to front
• B)the flash going from front to back
• C)They both took the same time.
• D)It depends on whether the passenger is sitting at the front or the back of the boxcar.

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Definitions:

Adjusting Entry

A journal entry made in accounting records to correct or allocate revenues and expenses to the appropriate period.

Wages Expense

This is the total amount of wages a company pays to its employees, which is considered an expense on the income statement.

Accrued Wages

Refers to wages earned by employees but not yet paid by the employer.

Reversing Entry

An accounting entry that is made at the beginning of an accounting period to reverse or cancel out adjusting entries made at the end of the previous period.