A Dr. needs to prescribe a certain medication for her patient. The amount of medicine prescribed per day is based on the weight
of the patient at a ratio of 3 milligrams per 2 pounds of bodyweight. If the patient weighs 150 pounds, how much medication should the Dr. prescribe per day? a) set up a proportion, defining a variable for the unknown quantity, b) solve the proportion, showing all work leadingto the answer, and c) write a sentenceto explain the meaning of the answer for the situation.
You need to divide 480 by 10. Then multiply the answer which is 48 miles per day. Then take the 48 times 8 for the next 8 days. Then add the answer of that which is 384 and add it to 480.
