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Sterling Company paid $1,200 for 3 months of rent on April 1 of the current year. On April 30, Sterling Company made an adjusting entry to account for the rent that expired during the month of April. The adjusting entry contained a debit to Rent Expense in the amount of $ Blank 1 of 3 and a credit to Prepaid Rent in the amount of $ Blank 2 of 3. The remaining balance in the Prepaid Rent account after the adjustment was

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Answer:

$800

Explanation:

The computation of the remaining balance in the Prepaid Rent account after the adjustment was is shown below:-

Remaining balance = Prepaid rent - Rent expense

= $1,200 - ($1,200 × (1 ÷ 3))

= $1,200 - $400

= $800

Therefore for computing the remaining balance in the Prepaid Rent account we simply applied the above formula.