SOLUTION: A doctor prescribes 1.5g of a drug, daily for a patent. The pharmacist has only 750-mg tablets available. How many tablets will the patient take daily?

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Question 894594: A doctor prescribes 1.5g of a drug, daily for a patent. The pharmacist has only 750-mg tablets available. How many tablets will the patient take daily?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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That tablet is 0.75 grams of the drug.
1.5=x%2A0.75
x=1.5%2F0.75
x=2

The patient would be prescribed 2 each of the 750 mg tablet per day.