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Record the journal entry for Sales and for Cash Over and Short for each of the following separate situations.a. The cash registerâs record shows $420 of cash sales, but the count of cash in the register is $430.b. The cash registerâs record shows $980 of cash sales, but the count of cash in the register is $972.

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Answer and Explanation:

The journal entry is shown below:

Cash $430  

  To Sales revenue $420

  To Cash over and short $10

(Being cash is recorded)

Here cash is debited as it increased the assets and credited the sales as it also increased the revenue  

Cash $972  

Cash over and short $8  

       To Sales revenue $980

(being cash is recorded)

Here cash is debited as it increased the assets and credited the sales as it also increased the revenue