carla was balancing the books when she realized that she entered a transaction of $102.50 in one place, but…
carla was balancing the books when she realized that she entered a transaction of $102.50 in one place, but she entered the same transaction as $105.20 in another place. carla was able to catch this error because she was using the ______ method of bookkeeping. multiple choice single - entry journal spreadsheet
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Brief Explanations:
In double - entry bookkeeping, each transaction is recorded in at least two accounts. This allows for cross - checking and helps in detecting errors like different amounts being recorded for the same transaction. Single - entry bookkeeping doesn't have this cross - referencing feature. Journal and spreadsheet are tools or ways of recording, not bookkeeping methods that inherently catch such errors like double - entry does. Since the options don't include double - entry, and single - entry won't catch this error, and journal and spreadsheet are not relevant in terms of error - catching method here, this is a bit of a mis - framed question but the best option among these for catching such an error (even though not ideal) is not single - entry as it has no cross - check. Journal is just a record of transactions and spreadsheet is a tool for organizing data.