The sales rate for a community is 6.75 if you purchase an item for $500 how much will you pay in sales tax

(02.01 mc) evelyn is making a candy that contains 25% dark chocolate and the rest milk chocolate. the candy has 3 pounds of milk chocolate. part a: write an equation using one variable that can be used to find the total number of pounds of dark chocolate and milk chocolate in the candy. define the variable used in the equation and solve the equation. hint: 0.25x represents the number of pounds of dark chocolate in the candy. (5 points) part b: how many pounds of dark chocolate are present in the candy? show your work. (5 points)