SOLUTION: LaToya Smith is a buyer for a large manufacturing company . She can purchase 200 pounds of chemicals for $95. She can also purchase mixing vats for $400 each. Sales tax on all
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Question 347676: LaToya Smith is a buyer for a large manufacturing company . She can purchase 200 pounds of chemicals for $95. She can also purchase mixing vats for $400 each. Sales tax on all products is 6% of the total cost of the order. Shipping costs for her order will be a flat $30.
This month she doesn’t know yet 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.
