An earthquake destroyed the home office building of a company located in an inland city. This should be reported as a(n) Group of answer choices A.extraordinary loss. B.loss from discontinued operations. C.loss from continuing operations. D.prior period adjustment.

An earthquake destroyed the home office building of a company located in an inland city. This should be reported as a(n) Group of answer choices A.extraordinary loss. B.loss from discontinued operations. C.loss from continuing operations. D.prior period adjustment.

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An earthquake destroyed the home office building of a company located in an inland city. This should be reported as a(n)

Group of answer choices

A.extraordinary loss.

B.loss from discontinued operations.

C.loss from continuing operations.

D.prior period adjustment.

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