The comparative balance sheets for Lowery Company show these changes in noncash current asset accounts: accounts receivable decrease $80,000, prepaid expenses increase $28,000, and inventories increase $40,000.

Compute net cash provided by operating activities using the indirect method, assuming that net income is $186,000. (Show amounts that decrease cash flow with either a - sign e.g. -15,000 or in parenthesis e.g. (15,000).)