Consider the following flowchart symbols as you respond to the next question: BLG Corporation uses systems flowcharts to teach its new employees about company procedures. If BLG adopts XBRL, those system flowcharts will likely incorporate fewer of ___ because ___.

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Consider the following flowchart symbols as you respond to the next question:  BLG Corporation uses systems flowcharts to teach its new employees about company procedures. If BLG adopts XBRL, those system flowcharts will likely incorporate fewer of ___ because ___.

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Symbol A represents manual processes, which can be automated by XBRL, so fewer of these symbols may be needed in the system flowcharts. Symbol C represents databases, which are still necessary when using XBRL, so there is no reason for there to be fewer of this symbol in the flowcharts.

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