Answer: $196,800
Step-by-step explanation:
The cash payments to suppliers for inventory purchases will be:
= Cost of goods sold - Decrease in inventory - Increase in accounts payable
Decrease in inventory = 23,500 - 17,800
= $5,700
Increase in accounts payable
= 13,500 - 6,000
= $7,500
Cash to suppliers for inventory = 210,000 - 5,700 - 7,500
= $196,800