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Planning a Vacation. Most cruise ships offer a choice of rooms at varying prices, as well as additional packages and shore excursions at each port. The following table lists room prices for a seven-day Mediterranean cruise, as well as prices for several additional packages and excursions.
Mortgage Payments. To pay for their new home, Tim and Meribeth will make 360 payments of $751.55 each. In addition, they must add an escrow amount of $112.67 to each payment for insurance and taxes.
a. Estimate the total amount they will pay by rounding the number of payments, the amount of each payment, and the escrow amount to the nearest ten.
b. Estimate the total amount they will pay by rounding the number of payments, the amount of each payment, and the escrow amount to the nearest hundred.
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