SOLUTION: A man bought two dogs for $38. The small dog cost half as much as the large dog would have cost if the large dog would have been $5.00 cheaper. How much did the large dog cost?

Question 1030527: A man bought two dogs for $38. The small dog cost half as much as the large dog would have cost if the large dog would have been $5.00 cheaper. How much did the large dog cost?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, price for small dog
y, price for large dog

Putting attention on the second sentence:
half as much as the large dog if large dog were y-5...
Translates or transcribes as .

Small dog cost..., and that transcribed part:
.

The hard part is now taken out of the way, so deal with the first sentence.

and all you need to do is make the substitution for x, the expression described for the cost of the small dog in terms of the large dog price.

-----------continuing from here is no big chore. Analyzing and forming this equation is the big chore.
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