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During the summer, you work 25 hours per week at the Twist Ice Cream Shop and earn $8.00 per hour. You also mow lawns in your neighborhood for $10 per hour and can work as many hours as you want. You want to earn a total of $500 per week. Write and solve an equation to find out how many hours you must mow lawns to reach your goal. Let x= # of hours you mow lawns