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During the audit of Griffin LLC, the external auditors, Weisz CPAs are examinit accounts receivable. While working on this area of the audit, one of the extern auditor's audit managers has noticed that the predecessor auditor and the clie calculated different balances for receivables and the associated allowance during last year's audit. As a result of this finding, which of the following statements most appropriately describes the auditors' employment of professional skepticism? The auditor should separately contact the predecessor auditor and confidentially request further details of the discrepancy. As the discrepancy pertains to the prior year's audit, and relates to a period when the auditor was not engaged, the auditor should disregard this discrepancy. The auditor should attempt to investigate the discrepancy further, to determine the reasons for the discrepancy and if such divergences in opinion between management and the auditor may affect the current year's audit. The auditor should immediately consider withdrawing from the current engagement in order to preserve the firm's reputation