document.write( "Question 460281: Please help me write this equation.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Latoya Smith is a buyer for a large manufacturing company. She can purchase 200 pound of chemicals for $95. She can also purchase mixing vats for $400 each. Sales tax on all products is 6% fo the total cost of the order. Shipping cost for her order will be a flat $30.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "This month she does not yet know how many mixing vats she will need to order. Let y= number of mixing vats required. Write an equation using y that she can use to determine the total amount of her order. Assume no chemicals are ordered, only vats. \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x be the total amount of her order
\n" ); document.write( "Cost of mixing vats=400
\n" ); document.write( "No of mixing vats =y
\n" ); document.write( "Sales tax = 6%
\n" ); document.write( "Total cost of mixing vats = 400y
\n" ); document.write( "THen equation:
\n" ); document.write( "6%(400y)+400y=x
\n" ); document.write( "\"%286%2A400y%29%2F100\"+400y=x (note that i have replaced 6% by 6/100)
\n" ); document.write( "6*y+400y=x
\n" ); document.write( "6y+400y=x
\n" ); document.write( "406y=x
\n" ); document.write( "y=x/406\r
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