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Data on Mertz Co

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

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