On december 31, year 3, alpha company had an ending balance of $200,000 in its accounts receivable account and an unadjusted (current) balance in its allowance for doubtful accounts account of $300. alpha estimates uncollectible accounts expense to be 1% of receivables. based on this information, the amount of uncollectible accounts expense shown on the year 3 income statement is:

Te answer is: $1,700

Explanation:

Alpha Company estimates that its allowance for Doubtful Accounts account should be 1% of Accounts Receivable account; this equals $200,000 x 1% = $2,000.

If at the end of the year, the balance of Doubtful Accounts account was $300, this means only $1,700 of accounts receivable was bad credit. So the actual percentage of bad credit given by the company was 0.85%.

start by isolating the variable on one side by adding 43w^2 to both sides.   the equation will read:

25w^2+5=0

*subtract 5 from both sides*

25w^2=-5

*divide both sides by 25*

w^2=-1/5

*take the square root of both sides*

w=√(-1/5)

the square root of -1 is i.   the square root of 5 remains √5

the answer is i/√5.

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