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1. x/5 - 10 = -5

2. Mario earned $42.75 from yard work last Sunday. The following weekend, he decided to go to the arcade and spend some of the money he earned. Mario played video games and bought lunch. While there, his friend, Luigi, borrowed $10. If Mario spent $4.25 on lunch and had $5.50 left over, how much did he spend on video games?

3. 6 - 2x = 5x - 9x + 18

4. Your family is having a huge yard sale to make money for a summer vacation to Disneyland. Your little sister's room is piling up with stuffed animals, and she chooses 64 of them to include in the yard sale. After the sale, she only has a dozen left. If she earned $78 from the stuffed animals she sold, how much did each stuffed animal cost?

5. A rental company rents a luxury car at a daily rate of $38.44 plus $0.50 per mile. If Vanessa spent $130.44 on her daily rental, how many miles did she drive for that day?

6. 5x + 6 = 2x + 12

7. Jared works at a local restaurant. He earns $15 an hour, plus tips. If Jared earned $480 last week, which included $270 in tips, how many hours did he work?

8. You rake leaves for 2 hours on Saturday and 5 hours on Sunday. Your neighbor pays for $63 in total. How much did you earn per hour?

9. John's auto repair bill was $225 total. The parts cost $95 and the labor cost was $52 per hour. For how many hours of labor was John charged?

10. A cheese pizza from Bella's Pizza Company is $12.00. Jenny ordered a pizza with toppings knowing that each topping costs an additional $1.50. If Jenny spent a total of $16.50, how many toppings did Jenny order on her pizza?

11. 4x + 10x - 5 = 121

12. You are choosing between two health clubs. Club A offers membership for a fee of $7 plus a monthly fee of $29. Club B offers membership for a fee of $35 plus a monthly fee of $22. After how many months will the total cost of each health club be the same?

13. 4x + 12x = 80

14. Jack's mother gave him 50 chocolates to give to his friends at his birthday party. He gave 3 chocolates to each of his friends and still had 2 chocolates left.

15. A fitness center offers yoga classes for $10 per class and sells yoga mats for $19.95. A person paid a total of $139.95 to the fitness center for yoga classes and a mat. Find the number of yoga classes the person took.

16. A town has accumulated 8 inches of snow, and the snow depth is increasing by 4 inches every hour. A nearby town has accumulated 22 inches, and the depth is increasing by 2 inches every hour. In about how many hours will the snowfall of the towns be equal?

17. Floyd is an aspiring music artist. He has a record contract that pays him a base rate of $200 a month and an additional $12 for each album that he sells. Last month he earned a total of $644.

18. 6x - 25 = 3x + 5

19. A worker on the production line is paid a base salary of $240.00 per week plus $0.65 for each unit produced. How many units did she produce if her weekly earnings are $420.05.

20. A contractor bought 12.6 square feet of sheet metal. She has used 3.5 square feet so far and has $163.80 worth of sheet metal remaining, how much did each square foot of sheet metal cost?