SOLUTION: A pharmaceutical company is creating an over-the-counter pain-reliever in the form of a coated tablet. If the amount of active drug in the tablet needs to be 90 mg, and it's determ

Question 1106462: A pharmaceutical company is creating an over-the-counter pain-reliever in the form of a coated tablet. If the amount of active drug in the tablet needs to be 90 mg, and it's determined that 24% is a safe percent w/w, determine the total weight of the tablet.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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0.24*x = 90.


Solve for x.

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