$($Evaluating liquidity$)$ Aylward Inc. currently has $$2,161,000$ in current assets and $$849,000$ in current liabilities. The company's managers want to increase the firm's inventory, which will be fi by a short$-$term note with the bank. What level of inventories can the firm carry without its current ratio falling below $2\mathrm{.}2?$

The cost of the additional inventory financed with the short$-$term note is $$.($Round to the nearest dollar.$)$