The following is a portion of the current assets section of the balance sheets of Avanti's, Inc., at December 31, 2020 and 2019:

	12/31/20	12/31/19
Accounts receivable, less allowance for bad debts of $9,503 and $15,380, respectively	$175,013	$236,068

Required: a. If $11,064 of accounts receivable were written off during 2020, what was the amount of bad debts expense recognized for the year? (Hint: Use a T-account model of the Allowance account, plug in the three amounts that you know, and solve for the unknown.)