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Question - You are an auditor and are examining the client's financial statements, you know with certainty that the client will use the financial statements to apply for a loan to the bank with a guarantee of fixed assets in the form of land and buildings. Materiality is set at 5%, after you have done the audit process there are found misstatements on land and buildings and after counting it turns out the misstatement is 3%. However, because you know that banks as users of financial statements will be concerned about the assets of land and buildings that will be used as collateral, then you consider these findings as material. Explain the concept of materiality in this case!