What is the effect on the accounting equation of a cash payment to creditors?

What will be an ideal response?


Assets decrease; liabilities decrease
Making a cash payment to creditors decreases assets (cash) and decreases liabilities (accounts payable).

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a. Extraversion or Introversion b. Sensing or Intuition c. Thinking or Feeling d. Judging or Perceiving

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Cities and counties may not restrict emissions from motor vehicles.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The costs of direct materials are classified as: Conversion costManufacturing costPrime costA.YesYesYesB.NoNoNoC.NoYesYesD.YesNoNoE.NoYesNo

A. Choice A. B. Choice B. C. Choice C. D. Choice D. E. Choice E.

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The person who receives the proceeds from an insurance policy is the

A. owner. B. testator. C. insurer. D. beneficiary.

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