Katherine has 5 hanging baskets to fill.  In each basket she wants to add 3 petunias and 2 sweet potato vines.  The petunias cost $3.00 apiece and the sweet potato vines cost $2.50 apiece.  How much will she spend filling all 5 hanging baskets?
The petunia are $3.00 each and she wants 3 per basket so that's 3.00*3 = $
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<output>9</output>
9.00.
The sweet potato vines are $2.50 each and she wants 2 per basket so that's 2.5*2 = $
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<output>5</output>
5.00.
For 1 basket, the petunias will cost $9.00 and the sweet potato vines will cost $5.00 for a total of 9+5 = $
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<output>14</output>
14.00.
Each basket will cost $14.00 to fill and she needs to fill 5 baskets for a total of 14*5 = $
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<output>70</output>
70.00.

<result>70</result>