Calculate the amount of bad debts expense

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The following information is from the 2015 records of Armand Camera Shop: Accounts Receivable, December 31, 2015 $40,000 (debit) Allowance for Bad Debts, December 31, 2015 prior to adjustment 1,500 (debit) Net credit sales for 2015 175,000 Accounts written off as uncollectible during 2015 15,000 Cash sales during 2015 27,000 Bad debts expense is estimated by the percent-of-sales method. The management estimates that 3% of net credit sales will be uncollectible. Calculate the amount of bad debts expense for 2015. $5,250 $3,450 $2,250 $2,850

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