At the beginning of 2016,Peter Dots has the following ledger balances:
Accounts receivable
Allowance for doubtful debts
Bad debts expense
During the year,credit sales amounted to $810,000.Cash collected on credit sales amounted to $790,000 and $16,000 was written off.At the end of the year,the company adjusted for bad debts expense using the percentage of sales method and applied a rate,based on past history,of 3.5%.The ending balance in Bad debts expense would be:
A) $57,540
B) $28,350
C) $16,000
D) $20,350
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