Mr. Imani wants to purchase paper and notebooks for his classroom. At Dollar Discount he can buy packs of paper, p , for $1.25 each and notebooks, n , for $2.50 each. This is modeled by 1.25p + 2.50n . Evaluate for p = 10 and n=30 to find how much it will cost Mr. Imani to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks.

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Mr. Imani wants to purchase paper and notebooks for his classroom. At Dollar Discount he can buy packs of paper,  p , for $1.25 each and notebooks,  n , for $2.50 each. This is modeled by  1.25p + 2.50n . Evaluate for  p = 10  and  n=30  to find how much it will cost Mr. Imani to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks.

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To evaluate the expression 1.25p + 2.50n, we substitute p = 10 and n = 30: 1.25(10) + 2.50(30) = 12.50 + 75 = $<<1.25*10+2.5*30=87.5>>87.50 Therefore, it will cost Mr. Imani $87.50 to purchase 10 packs of paper and 30 notebooks.