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Transcribed Image Text:Menge Company has accounts receivable of $108,000 at March 31.
Average Age
of Receivables
Balance,
Month of Sale March 31
Outstanding
March
$64,800
16 days
February
25,200
48 days
January
9,600
73 days
Prior to January
8,400
110 days
108,000
Credit terms are 2/10, n/30. At March 31, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $1,400 prior to adjustment. The company uses the percentage-of-receivables basis for
estimating uncollectible accounts. The company's estimate of bad debts is shown below.
Estimated Percentage
Age of Accounts
Uncollectible
1-30 days
2.0%
31-60 days
7.0%
61-90 days
22.0%
Over 90 days
50.0%
Determine the total estimated uncollectibles.
Total estimated uncollectibles
Prepare the adjusting entry at March 31 to record bad debt expense. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
Date Account Titles and Explanation
Debit
Credit
Mar. 31
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