In 2018, management discovered that dual production had debited expense for the full cost of an asset purchased on january 1, 2015, at a cost of $36 million with no expected residual value. its useful life was 5 years. dual uses straight-line depreciation. the correcting entry, assuming the error was discovered in 2018 before preparation of the adjusting and closing entries, includes:

(a) a debit to accumulated depreciation of $14.4 million.
(b) a credit to accumulated depreciation of $21.6 million.
(c) a credit to an asset of $36 million.
(d) a debit to retained earnings of $14.4 million.

Which of the following differentiates cost accounting and financial accounting? a. the primary users of cost accounting are the investors, whereas the primary users of financial accounting are the managers. b. cost accounting measures only the financial information related to the costs of acquiring fixed assets in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures financial and nonfinancial information of a company's business transactions. c. cost accounting measures information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures a financial position of a company to investors, banks, and external parties. d. cost accounting deals with product design, production, and marketing strategies, whereas financial accounting deals mainly with pricing of the products.