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Davis Corporation had a 1/1/17 balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $20,000. During 2017, it wrote off $14,400 of accounts and collected $4,200 on accounts previously written off. The balance in Accounts Receivable was $400,000 at 1/1 and $480,00 at 12/31. At 12/31/17, Davis estimates that 5% of accounts receivable will prove to be uncollectible. What is the Bad Debt Expense for 2017? The answer key given to me says $14,200, but I am unable to get to that answer.

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