<human>:  The card shop has two boxes of cards. The first box contains cards that cost $1.25 each. The second box contains cards that cost $1.75 each. A boy then comes in and buys 6 cards from each box. What was the total cost, in dollars, of the cards he bought?
<bot>: How much does one card from each box cost in total? ** The cost of one card from each box in total is 1.25+1.75=<<1.25+1.75=3>>3 dollars.
What was the total cost of the cards the boy bought? ** The total cost of cards the boy bought is 3*6=<<3*6=18>>18 dollars.
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