Answer: both sides of the accounting equation must be affected when recording a transaction using the double-entry system
Explanation:
The double entry principle states that for every financial transaction that takes place, there will be an opposite and equal effects in two different accounts at least. It simply implies that there for every transactions that happens, there are two entries which are the credit entry and the debit entry.
In a double entry principle, the addition of all the debits to the accounts must be thesame as the addition of all credits.
Option A which states that both sides of the accounting equation must be affected when recording a transaction using the double-entry system isn't correct. Both side of the accounting equation aren't affected.
