On July 1 Plum Co. paid $9,000 cash for management services to be performed over a two-year period. Plum follows a policy of recording all prepaid expenses to asset accounts at the time of cash payment. On July 1 Plum should record:

a debit to an expense and credit to Cash for $9,000.

a debit to a prepaid expense and a credit to Cash for $9,000.

a debit to Cash for $9,000 and a credit to an expense for $9,000.

a debit to an expense and a credit to a prepaid expense for $9,000.

a credit to a prepaid expense and a debit to Cash for $9,000.