Target Corporation's 2008 financial statements included the following items (dollars in millions):

a. Assuming that accounts payable refers only to inventory suppliers, compute the cash payments made by Target during 2008 to inventory suppliers.b. Review the changes in the current accounts above and comment on the cash flow implications to Target (i.e., did they help to increase or decrease cashflows?).

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INCOME STATEMENT: Cost of sales STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (OPERATING SECTION): $44,157 Increase in accounts receivable Decrease in inventory Decrease in accounts payable 458 77 389