A trader prepared their trial balance which showed the debit column total of $45000 and the credit column total of $40000. The following errors were then discovered. 1 The discount received account balance of $500 was listed in the debit column of the trial balance. 2 The returns outwards account balance of $250 was omitted from the trial balance. 3 The debit column of the trial balance was overcast by $3750. All errors were corrected and the trial balance totals agreed. What were the trial balance totals after the correction of errors?
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B: $40 750
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