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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<h2>Hello!</h2>
The answer is: The correct dose of medication to give is 5.6 mL
<h2>Why?</h2>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:
The available solution means 125 mg each 5 mL of solution, so:
Hence, the correct dose of medication to give is 5.6 mL of the 125 mg/5mL solution.
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