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b. Inflating revenues by selling unused assets for a promise to buy them or similar assets back at roughly the same price.
c. Inflating current revenues by allowing customers to return products and cancel sales in future periods.
d. Inflating revenues by including revenues in the current period that should be recognized in the next period.


d
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect.
b. Incorrect.
c. Incorrect.
d. Correct.

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