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A-LevelAccountingDouble Entry BookkeepingOct/Nov 2015Paper 1 Q161 Mark

An invoice for purchases was credited to the purchases account. How is the balance on the purchases account corrected?

Adecrease by the value of the invoice
Bdecrease by twice the value of the invoice
Cincrease by the value of the invoice
Dincrease by twice the value of the invoice

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2015 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Double Entry Bookkeeping and is worth 1 mark.

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