SOLUTION: Your job as a pharmacy technician is to prepare prescriptions and double check the dosage. A prescription for allergy treatment calls for a single dose of .30 milligrams of medicin

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Question 574657: Your job as a pharmacy technician is to prepare prescriptions and double check the dosage. A prescription for allergy treatment calls for a single dose of .30 milligrams of medicine for every 10 pounds of the body weight. Every 5.0 milliliters of the liquid has 1.25 milligrams of the liquid should be prescribed for a 187 pound adult?
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A prescription for allergy treatment calls for a single dose of .30 milligrams of medicine for every 10 pounds of the body weight.
Every 5.0 milliliters of the liquid has 1.25 milligrams of the liquid should be prescribed for a 187 pound adult?
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Find how much medicine required for a 187 lb man
187%2F10 * .30 = 5.61 mg
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Let x = amt of the liquid required for this guy
1.25%2F5x = 5.61
.25x = 5.61
x = 5.61/.25
x = 22.44 ml