The annual report for fallon holding corporation contained the following information: (in millions) 2016 2015 accounts receivable $ 671 $ 733 allowance for doubtful accounts 31 32 accounts receivable, net $ 640 $ 701 assume that accounts receivable write-offs amounted to $12 during 2016 and $2 during 2015, and that fallon did not record any recoveries. required: determine the bad debt expense for 2016 based on the above facts. (enter your answer in millions.)

bad debt expense for the year 2016: 11

Explanation:

We can solve for bad debt expense doing the following

beginning allowance

- write-off accounts

+ bad debt expense

Equals to ending allowance

We plug our values:

2016 Beginning  allowance      32

(Ending 2015)

write-off                                     (12)

bad debt expense                      ?  

2016 Ending  allowance            31

And solve for bad debt expense:

Bad debt expense = 12 + 31 - 32 = 11

bd = 9 cm

step-by-step explanation:

in a 30°-60°-90° triangle, the ratio of side lengths is 1 : √3 : 2. that is, the longest side (hypotenuse) is twice the length of the shortest side.

all of the triangles in your geometry are 30°-60°-90° triangles. ac is the hypotenuse of δacd, and the short side of δabc.

the short side ad of δacd will be half the length of ac, so 3 cm. the hypotenuse ab of δabc will be twice the length of ac, so 12 cm. segment bd is the difference of the lengths ab and ad, so is

bd = ab -ad

bd = 12 cm - 3 cm = 9 cm

comment on side length ratios

you can figure the ratios of side lengths in a 30°-60°-90° triangle by considering the trig ratios of the angles. or you can figure the length of the altitude of an equilateral triangle of side length 2 using the pythagorean theorem.