Question

a patient is prescribed 6mg of cough medicine the label on the prescription says there are 2 mg / 4 ml how many teaspoons of cough medicine does the patient need to take​

Answer 1

2.4 teaspoons of cough medicine

Answer 2

Answer:

2.4 teaspoons

Explanation:

The label on the prescription says there are 2 mg for every 4 ml of the cough medicine. We need to determine the volume of 6 mg of this cough medicine using the following relation;

2 mg = 4 ml

6 mg = ?

( 6 * 4) / 2 = 24/2 = 12 ml

This implies that the volume of the 6 mg of the cough medicine is 12 ml. Now, the volume of a standard dosing teaspoon is 5 ml. We need to determine the number of teaspoons that will hold the 12 ml. We use the following relation;

1 teaspoon = 5 ml

?                  = 12 ml

(1*12) / 5 = 12/5 = 2.4 teaspoons