1. Cora Zayas is a buyer for a large manufacturing company . She can purchase 200 pounds of chemicals for $85. She can also purchase mixing vats for $500 each. Sales tax on all products is 6% of the total cost of the order. Shipping costs for her order will be a flat $40.
a. At this same rate, how much would 4,000 pounds of chemicals cost?
b. 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. Assume no chemicals are ordered, only va

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1.	Cora Zayas is a buyer for a large manufacturing company . She can purchase 200 pounds of chemicals for $85.   She can also purchase mixing vats for $500 each.   Sales tax on all products is 6% of the total cost of the order.  Shipping costs for her order will be a flat $40. 
a.	At this same rate, how much would 4,000 pounds of chemicals cost?
b.	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.  Assume no chemicals are ordered, only va