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Which of the following would appear as a prior period adjustment?

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a correction in the calculation of earnings per share of a prior period

 
a material difference between the actual and estimated uncollectible accounts receivable
a material loss resulting from the sale of fixed assets which were acquired in a prior period
material error in the computation of depreciation expense in the Year 1 that was discovered and corrected in the Year 3
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 Prior period adjustments are adjustments made to periods that are not current but have already been accounted for because there are many metrics to account for, and accounting uses approximation, which may not always be an exact amount, so they must be adjusted frequently to ensure that all other principles are maintained. 

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