Use the Following Information About the Current Year's Operations of a Company

Use the following information about the current year's operations of a company to calculate the cash paid for merchandise.
$$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Cost of goods sold } \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots & \$ 500,000 \\\hline \text { Merchandise inventory, January } 1 \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots & 85,000 \\\hline \text { Merchandise inventory, December } 31 \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots & 97,000 \\\hline \text { Accounts payable, January } 1 \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots & 68,000 \\\hline \text { Accounts payable, December } 31 \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots & 60,000 \\\hline\end{array}$$

A) $585,000.
B) $520,000.
C) $480,000.
D) $508,000.
E) $512,000.