Fundamentals Of Financial Accounting
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259864230
Author: PHILLIPS, Fred, Libby, Robert, Patricia A.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 9, Problem 16E
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Show the oil reserve account balance, accumulated depletion account balance, and oil inventory account balance for Years 1, 2, and 3, and indicate the effect of depletion on income statement
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