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deff fn [24]
3 years ago
13

A certain medicine is given in an amount proportional to a patient's body weight. Suppose a patient weighing 104 pounds requires

169 milligrams of medicine. What is the weight of a patient who requires 224.25 milligrams of medicin
Mathematics
1 answer:
Olegator [25]3 years ago
8 0
104 / 169 = x / 224.25......104 lbs to 169 mg = x lbs to 224.25 mg
cross multiply because this is a proportion
(169)(x) = (104)(224.25)
169x = 23322
x = 23322 / 169
x = 138 lbs <==
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