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.
b
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