SOLUTION: A physician prescribed 3g of medication per day for a patient. The medication comes in 600mg tablets. Determine the number of 600mg tablets the patient must take to achieve the dai

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Question 720841: A physician prescribed 3g of medication per day for a patient. The medication comes in 600mg tablets. Determine the number of 600mg tablets the patient must take to achieve the daily dosage. The patient must take ______ tablets.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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In units alone:
( g ) x ( mg/g ) = mg
+3+%2A+%28+1000%2F1+%29+=+3000+ mg
You are asked for the number of tablets,
which does not have units.
( mg in required dose ) / ( mg / tablet ) = number of tablets
+3000+%2F+600+=+5+
The patient must take 5 tablets