Santa Fe Retailing purchased merchandise $$as is$($with no returns$)$ from Mesa Wholesalers with credit terms of $3/10,$ n$/60$ and an invoice price of $$15,300.$ The merchandise had cost Mesa $$10,435.$ Assume that both buyer and seller use a perpetual inventory system and the gross method.

Prepare entries that the buyer records for the $($a$)$ purchase, $($b$)$ cash payment within the discount period, and $($c$)$ cash payment after the discount period.