The company just took a physical count of inventory and found $75 worth of inventory was unaccounted for. It was either stolen or damaged. Which journal would the company use to record the correction of the error in inventory?
A. sales journal
B. purchases journal
C. cash receipts journal
D. cash disbursements journal
E. general journal
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