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Question 324202: A certain medicine is given in an amount proportional to a patient’s body weight. Suppose that a patient weighing 100 pounds requires 125 milligrams of medicine. What is the weight of a patient who requires 150 milligrams of this medicine?
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100/125=x/150
125x=100*150
125x=15,000
x=15,000/125
x=120 pounds.
Proof:
100/125=120/150
.8=.8
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