A physician orders 140mg of a medication to give orally. You have 125mg/5mL on hand. What is the correct dose of medication to g

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adelina 88 [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-20T15:01:13+03:00

<h2>Hello!</h2>

The answer is: The correct dose of medication to give is 5.6 mL

To solve this problem we need to establish a relationship between the prescripted medication and the available solution.

Let's write the needed equations to establish the relantionship:

$\frac{125mg}{5mL}=1\\\\125mg=5mL$

The available solution means 125 mg each 5 mL of solution, so:

$\frac{125mg}{5mL}=\frac{140mg}{x}\\\\x*\frac{125mg}{5mL}=140mg\\\\x=140mg*\frac{5ml}{125mg}=\frac{700mg*mL}{125mg}=5.6mL$

Hence, the correct dose of medication to give is 5.6 mL of the 125 mg/5mL solution.

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