JUST NEED HELP W/ 1st JOURNAL ENTRY (Dec 31) & QUESTION AT BOTTOM

Question 3: At December 31, 2015, Ingleton Company reports the following results for the year: Cash sales Credit sales $1,025.000 1.342.000 In addition, its unadjusted trial balance includes the following items: Accounts receivable Allowance for doubtful accounts $575.000 debit 7.500 credit B. Dec 31, 2015 the company estimated bad debts as 3% of Account Receivable. Feb 15, 2016, the company determined that it can not collect $15,000 of its account receivable from customer Aldo April 1, 2016, the company received the payment $15,000 from Customer Aldo Date Account Title Debit Credit Asset How much is Bad debt expense using 3% of Account Receivable method