Data on Mertz Co A) $764
B) $849
C) $943
D) $1,048
E) $1,164

question 25

Multiple Choice

Data on Mertz Co.for the most recent year are shown below, along with the payables deferral period (PDP) for the firms against which it benchmarks.The firm's new CFO believes that the company could delay payments enough to increase its PDP to the benchmarks' average.If this were done, by how much would payables increase? Use a 365-day year. $\begin{array}{lr}\text { Cost of goods sold = } & \$ 75,000 \\\text { Payables }= & \$ 5,000 \\\text { Payables deferral period (PDP) = } & 24.33 \\\text { Benchmark payables deferral period }= & 30.00\end{array}$

• A) $764
• B) $849
• C) $943
• D) $1,048
• E) $1,164

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