SOLUTION: doctors often prescribe the same drugs for children as they do for adults. if "a" the age of a child and D is the adult dosage, then to find the child's dosage "d", doctors can us
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Question 844148: doctors often prescribe the same drugs for children as they do for adults. if "a" the age of a child and D is the adult dosage, then to find the child's dosage "d", doctors can use the formula d=0.08aD(Fried rule) or d=D(a+1)/24(cowling's rule). For what age do the two formulas give the same child's dosage.
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(Fried rule) or (cowling's rule).
If is in years, .
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