X Company, a merchandiser, prepares monthly financial statements. The following are account balances in November:

Accounts Payable

Merchandise Inventory

November 1

$52,682

$57,561

November 30

$47,797

$49,059

In November, payments of Accounts Payable were $314,241, and Cost of Goods Sold was $317,858.

Assuming that all merchandise purchases were on account, what were merchandise purchases in November?