A buyer agrees to purchase a house for $234,500. The buyer p…

A buyer agrees to purchase a house for $234,500. The buyer pays $2,000 as earnest money and obtains a new mortgage loan for $167,500. The purchase contract provides for a March 15 closing. The buyer and the sellers prorate the previous year’s real estate taxes of $4,880.96, which have been prepaid. The buyer has additional closing costs of $2,250, and the sellers have other closing costs of$1,850. How much cash must the buyer bring to the closing?