document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=896283>Question 896283</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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 dollars in the cash register. At the end of the day, she has $1208 in the register. How much money should she send to the state government for the sales tax she collected?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #543408 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=543408\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> she starts the day with $200.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she ends the day with $1208.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she earned $1008 that day.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this includes the sales tax that she collected.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "her receipts for the day include the amount of the goods plus 6% sales tax.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "receipts = amount of goods sold + .06 * amount of goods sold = 1.06 * amount of goods sold.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$1008 = receipts = 1.06 * amount of goods sold.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "amount of goods sold is therefore equal to $1008 / 1.06 = 950.9433962.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the sales tax on 950.9433962 was .06 * 950.9433962 which is equal to 57.05660377.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add up 950.9433962 and 57.05660377 and you get 1008, as you should.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she collected 57.05660377 in sales tax on the amount of goods she sold for the day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "round that off to the nearest penny and she should send $57.06 to the state government for the amount of goods she sold that day.\r<BR>\n" );
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