The company purchases equipment with cash - The Equity account does the following:

Question options:

A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. No effect

The correct answer would be C, No Effect.

Explanation:

In Balance Sheet, there are two sides, one side contains Assets and Liabilities, whereas the other side contains Owner's Equity. When ever there is a change in the accounts head, the changes are reflected in the balance sheet or the concerned financial statement. In this question, The company purchases equipment, which is an asset, from cash. This transaction can be shown by the following entry:

Debit Credit

Equipment (Asset) Cash

In this entry, we can see that cash is being credited, which means, owners equity is decreased, but at the same time, equipment is debited, which means assets are increased, and when assets increase, it means owners equity is increased. So there won't be any effect on the owner's equity because equity is just converted from cash to assets. There will be no increase or decrease in the owners equity. It will remain same.