(a) Determine the number of rounded payments required to repay the mortgage. ​(b) Determine the size of the last payment. ​(c) Calculate the amount of interest saved by rounding the payment up to the next higher​ $100 versus rounding the payment to the nearest cent.

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A ​$96,000 mortgage is to be repaid over a fifteen​-year period by monthly payments rounded up to the​ next-higher $100. Interest is 7.7% compounded semi-annually.
​(a)
Determine the number of rounded payments required to repay the mortgage.
​(b)
Determine the size of the last payment.
​(c)
Calculate the amount of interest saved by rounding the payment up to the next higher​ $100 versus rounding the payment to the nearest cent.
 
 

 

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