A school needs to buy supplies for one of its classes. A box of pencils costs $1.50, a box of pens costs $2.40, and a notebook costs $0.90.
If the school wants to buy 5 boxes of pencils, 3 boxes of pens, and 12 notebooks, what will be the total cost of supplies?

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This problem can be solved in two steps. First, we calculate the total cost of pencils, pens, and notebooks individually. Then we will add the products to find the total cost of school supplies.
Step 1: Calculate the total for each item.
5 boxes of pencil cost: 5 x $1.50 = $7.50
3 boxes of pen cost: 3 x $2.40 =$7.20
12 notebooks cost: 12 x $0.90 =$10.80
Step 2: Now we can find the total cost of the school supplies by adding the products:
$7.50 + $7.20 + $10.80 = $25.50

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