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Brown Cow Dairy uses the aging approach to estimate Bad Debt Expense. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of three time periods as follows:

$(1)1$ to $30$ days old, $$12,100$

$(2)31$ to $90$ days old, $$5,100$

$(3)$ more than $90$ days old, $$3,100.$

For each age group, the average loss rate on the amount of the receivable due to uncollectibility is estimated to be

$(1)6$ percent

$(2)11$ percent

And $(3)15$ percent, respectively.

At December $31($end of the current year$),$ the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts balance was $$810($credit$)$ before the end$-$of$-$period adjusting entry is made.

$[1]$: Prepare a schedule to estimate an appropriate year$-$end balance for the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts.

$[2]$: What amount of Bad Debt Expense should be recorded on December $31?$

$[3]$: If the unadjusted balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts was a $$610$ debit balance, what amount of Bad Debt Expense should be recorded on December $31?$

PLEASE HOW EACH STEP WHILE KEEPING THE WORK EASY TO FOLLOW. SO I CAN LOOK AT THE ANSWERS AND LEARN HOW TO DO IT MYSELF.