Estimate by rounding as indicated.
-An appliance store sells 66 refrigerators a week. Estimate the total amount of money the store makes in a week if each refrigerator costs $917. Round the number of refrigerators to the nearest ten and the cost to the nearest hundred.
A) $\$ 63,000$
B) $\$ 70,000$
C) $\$ 60,000$
D) $\$ 54,000$

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Rounding 66 refrigerators to the nearest ten gives 70 refrigerators, and rounding $917 to the nearest hundred gives $900. Multiplying these rounded numbers gives an estimated total of $63,000.

Estimate by Rounding as Indicated $63,000\$ 63,000$63,000 B) $70,000\$ 70,000$70,000 C) $60,000\$ 60,000$60,000

Estimate by Rounding as Indicated $\$ 63,000$ B) $\$ 70,000$ C) $\$ 60,000$