(Evaluating liquidity) Aylward Inc. currently has $2,143,000 in current assets and $874,000 in current liabilities. The company's managers want to increase the firm's inventory, which will be financed by a short-term note with the bank. What level of inventories can the firm carry without its current ratio falling below 2.1 ? The cost of the additional inventory financed with the short-term note is $. (Round to the nearest dollar.)