Patti Company owns 80% of the common stock of Shannon, Inc. In the current year, Patti reports sales of $10,000,000 and cost of goods sold of $7,500,000. For the same period, Shannon has sales of $200,000 and cost of goods sold of $160,000. During the year, Patti sold merchandise to Shannon for $60,000 at a price based on the normal markup. At the end of the year, Shannon still possesses 30 percent of this inventory.

Compute consolidated cost of goods sold. (Answer: $7,604,500)