SOLUTION: A prescription calls for 100 mg of a drug that you have in a 250 mg/ 5 ml concentration. How many ml of the liquid do you need

SOLUTION: A prescription calls for 100 mg of a drug that you have in a 250 mg/ 5 ml concentration. How many ml of the liquid do you need

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Question 301391: A prescription calls for 100 mg of a drug that you have in a 250 mg/ 5 ml concentration. How many ml of the liquid do you need
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If 5 ml is 250 mg of the drug, then 1 ml is 50 mg of the drug, and then 2 ml must be 100 mg.

John

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