SOLUTION: A woman owns a small, cash-only business in a state that requires her to charge 6% sales tax on each item she sells. At the beginning of the day, she has $200 in the cash register.
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Question 1019711: A woman owns a small, cash-only business in a state that requires her to charge 6% sales tax on each item she sells. At the beginning of the day, she has $200 in the cash register. At the end of the day, she has $1,101 in the register. How much money should she send to the state government for the sales tax she collected?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Total sales, including tax, were 
because of the $200 starting cash.
If 
is the total pre-tax sales amount, then
Solve for and then calculate 
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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