Jeff needs to buy food and medication for six cats and one dog. The cost of food and medication for a cat is $5 less than two-thirds of the cost of food and medication for a dog.

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ganpat · Answer

let the cost for food and medication for dog be x

ganpat · Answer

what can you make out of the sentence using x ??

anonymous · Answer

If Jeff spends a total of $195, the amount he spent on food and medication for the dog

anonymous · Answer

that's what I need to know?! is how much he spent on the dog

ganpat · Answer

you have to make a equation.. 

what he spends on dog is x
and what he spends on cat say Y is 5$ less than 2/3x

prepare a equation for total cost of dog and food = x + Y