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If Apple Co uses the percentage-of-sales method to estimate bad debt expenses and it estimates that...

If Apple Co uses the percentage-of-sales method to estimate bad debt expenses and it estimates that 1.5% of credit sales will be uncollectible, what will be the adjusting journal entry to record bad debt expense on December 31, 2019?

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