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How an overstatement of revenue would result into reduction, Not an increase in the receivable period?
See page 86 of the notes “Collection period, that is a number of days’ sales in receivables. It is calculated as receivables divided by sales per day.” (Or you should know the calculation from F3/FR = Receivables/(Sales/365) = Receivables/Sales X 365 = a # of days
Since you are dividing by sales, the number of days must decrease if revenue is overstated. You should always put #s into formulae to convince yourself and make sure you understand how they “work” if you are unsure.