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Adding & subtracting decimals word problems

On a beautiful afternoon, Ashley rode her bicycle to a farm that sold baskets of oranges for $5.12\$5.12 each and baskets of eggplants for $5.54\$5.54 each.
Ashley decided to buy a basket of oranges and a basket of eggplants because those were her favorite kinds of fruit.
How much did Ashley need to pay for her produce?
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  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 66
  • an exact decimal, like 0.750.75
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/53/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/47/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/41\ 3/4