A note disclosed that the allowance for uncollectible accounts had a balance of $42.4 million and $39.7

Allowance for uncollectible accounts:($ in millions)

Balance, beginning of year            $39.7

Add: Bad debt expense                $30.0

Less: End of year balance              ($42.4)

Write ­offs during the year              $27.3

Accounts receivable analysis:

Balance, beginning of year ($2,076.6 + $39.7)$2,116.3

Add: Credit sales                                            $19,281.6

Less: Write­offs                                                ($27.3)

Less: Balance end of year ($2,949.4 + $42.4)($2,991.8)

Cash collections                                            $18,378.8

Ithink that it’s b but not for sure

answer: a. the kind of population living in your neighbourhood.

the census explorer data tool by the us census bureau allows the user to zoom in on any neighbourhood within the united states and find the kind of people residing in that by race and age.  

the tool needs to needs to be used twice – once in order to find what type of people reside in a neighbourhood, and then to see the age groups of the people in the same neighbourhood.