Which of the following errors will be detected by a trial balance?
A)posting a credit to Sales instead of to Accounts Payable
B)incorrectly computing the balance of the cash account
C)failure to journalize a sales transaction at all
D)forgetting to post a purchase transaction at all

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A trial balance checks for the equality of debits and credits after posting. It can detect errors in arithmetic or posting, such as incorrectly computing the balance of an account (like the cash account), but it cannot detect errors where a transaction is completely omitted or misclassified between accounts that still balance.

Which of the Following Errors Will Be Detected by a Trial