Minta Corporation, is a leading manufacturer of sports apparel, shoes, and equipment. The company$$s $2020$ financial statements contain the following information $($$ in millions$)$:

$20202019$

Balance sheets:

Accounts receivable, net $ $3,574$ $ $5,097$

Allowance for uncollectible accounts $22975$

Income statements:

Sales revenue $ $39,728$

Statement of Cash Flows:

Amortization, impairment and other $413$

Decrease in accounts receivable $1,254$

Assume that all sales are made on a credit basis.

$1.$ What is the amount of gross $($total$)$ accounts receivable due from customers at the end of $2020$ and $2019?$

$2.$ Assume that bad debt expense is included in $$amortization$,$ impairment and other,$$ such that the $2020$ decrease in accounts receivable of $$1,254$ reflects only the difference between sales and collections. Prepare a T account that depicts how sales, collections, bad debt expense, and writeoffs of bad debts affect the balance of net accounts receivable with a debit, a credit or not at all, and estimate Minta$$s $2020$ bad debt expense.

$3.$ Prepare a T account that depicts how bad debt expense and writeoffs of bad debts affect the balance of the allowance for uncollectible accounts with a debit, credit or not at all, and estimate the amount of bad debts written off by Minta during $2020.$

$4.$ Analyze changes in the gross accounts receivable account to calculate the amount of cash received from customers during $2020.$

$5.$ Analyze changes in net accounts receivable to calculate the amount of cash received from customers during $2020.$