The purchase of a delivery truck for $19,000 (on credit) was posted as debit to Delivery Trucks for $19,000, and a debit to Notes Payable for $19,000.
What effect would this error have on the trial balance?

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11ee7640_e202_9af6_90da_7f76bd17afbb_TBCB1007_00 The entry made will result in the Debit column of the trial balance exceeding the total of the Credit column by $38,000. The entry to record the purchase of the delivery truck should have been:
 11ee7640_e202_9af7_90da_270a86903fa8_TBCB1007_00 which would have resulted in the debit and credit columns of the trial balance being equal.

The Purchase of a Delivery Truck for $19,000 (On Credit)