One of the clubs at Georgia's school was selling carnations for a fundraising event. A carnation costs $0.50. They also had a special where you could buy one dozen carnations for $4.00. If Georgia sent a dozen carnations to each of her 5 teachers and bought one carnation for each of her 14 friends, how much money would she spend? Give me reasons, before answering the question
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She wants to send a dozen carnations that cost $4 / dz to each of her 5 teachers, so 4 * 5 = $20. She has 14 friends and she knows a dozen carnations is cheaper than buying 12 single carnations. So 14 - 12 = 2 single carnations are needed. A single carnation cost $0.50 so 2 * .50 = $1.00. All total she will spend 20 + 4 + 1 = $25.00 on carnations. So the final answer is 25.
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