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 $290 in the cash register. At the end of the day, she has $1200 in the register. How much money should she send to the state government for the sales tax she collected? (Round to the nearest whole number.)

1200 - 290 = 910

6% = 0.06

910/0.06 = 54.6

54.6, when rounded to the nearest whole number, is 55.

So, $55 is the amount of sales tax she needs to send to the state government. I hope this helps! :)

I meant 910 x 0.06 = 54.6, not "910/0.06 = 54.6". Sorry for my error.

Brady -- do you think it's right to give answers to someone who can probably do them himself?

Why not just give hints and help -- but not give the entire answer?

Sorry Ms. Sue....

I was just trying to help, and I wasn't going to do all of them..... :(

To determine the amount of money the woman should send to the state government for the sales tax she collected, we need to calculate the sales tax she collected throughout the day.

First, we need to find the total sales she made. We can do this by finding the difference between the initial amount in the cash register and the final amount:

$1200 (final amount) - $290 (initial amount) = $910

This means the woman made $910 in sales over the course of the day.

Next, we can calculate the sales tax collected by multiplying the total sales by the sales tax rate:

$910 (total sales) * 0.06 (sales tax rate) = $54.60

Therefore, the woman should send $54.60 (or rounded to the nearest whole number, $55) to the state government for the sales tax she collected.