Question

If the caffeine concentration in a particular brand of soda is 3.55 mg/oz, drinking how many cans of soda would be lethal? Assume that 10.0 g of caffeine is a lethal dose, and there are 12 oz in a can.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to your question is: 234.7 cans

Explanation:

data

caffeine concentration = 3.55 mg/oz

10.0 g of caffeine is lethal

there are 12 oz of caffeine in a can

Then

                    3.55 mg ----------------- 1 oz

                      x    mg  -----------------12 oz (in a can)

x = 42.6 mg of caffeine in a can

Convert it to grams 42,6 mg = 0.0426 g of caffeine in a can

Finally

            0.0426 g of caffeine ------------------  1 can

            10           g of caffeine -----------------    x

x = 10 x 1/0.0436 = 234.7 cans