SOLUTION: Due to your severe pain, the doctor tells the nurse to give you 625 mg of pain medicine every 6 hours. You also hear the nurse say that the medication comes in 250-mg tablets. Ho

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Question 1135400: Due to your severe pain, the doctor tells the nurse to give you 625 mg of pain medicine
every 6 hours. You also hear the nurse say that the medication comes in 250-mg
tablets. How many tablets should she give you every 6 hours?

Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josmiceli:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Think about it.
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let +n+ = number of tablets she
should give you every 6 hrs
+250n+=+625+
+n+=+2.5+
2 and 1/2 tablets every 6 hrs