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Write the equation algebraically and solve it.

1. Natalie visits a grocery store to buy tomatoes. The cost of tomatoes is $26. She gets $4 change. How much she paid the cashier?
2. Lara and Mae participated in a quiz contest. They scored 23 points in all. If Lara scored 9 points, how many points did Mae score?
3. John was gifted with a pack of crayons. Rhea borrowed 13 crayons and John was left with 12 crayons. How many crayons did the pack contain originally?
4. Selena is baking chocolate chip cookies. The recipe demands 2 1/3 cups of semisweet chocolate chips. If she had already put in 1 5/9 cups into the batter, how many more cups of chocolate chips does she need to add to the recipe?
5. Rose has two baskets; one contains apples and the other contains bananas. Together, the baskets weigh 5.55 pounds. How much will the basket of bananas weigh, if the apple basket weighs 2.34 pounds?
6. Melanie works as a nanny and is paid $14 per hour. If she puts in 40 hours of work in 7 days, how much will she earn in a week?
7. The non-fiction section at the Montgomery county library has 17 racks. If each rack holds 528 books, what is the total collection of non-fiction books in the library?
8. Mr. Darcy makes a stop at the NJ gas station. He fills 14 gallons of gasoline in his Honda Odyssey. The fuel tank is now two-thirds full. What is the maximum capacity of the fuel tank?