I think its either to balance available resources and expenses or to plan future income and spending
The bad debts expense signifies the straight write off of
the bad accounts which is the $20,000 along with an increase in the allowance which
is an approximation of the bad accounts to be written off in the future which
is the $3,000. The growth in the allowance account cannot be subtracted.
The basic science process skills include the following: observing, inferring, measuring, communicating, classifying and predicting.
When these skills are well developed in a scientist, such a scientist will be able to identify variables, formulate hypothesis, interpret data, conduct experiment and formulate models.<span />
