Question

a physician orders 4 teaspoons daily of a certain drug in four equally divided doses. refer to the appropriate entries in the table of english and metric equivalents for capacity to convert given units to the unit indicated. complete parts a. through d.. click to check the table of english and metric equivalents for capacity. a. how many milliliters of the drug should be administered daily? (round to two decimal places as needed.) b. how many cc of the drug should be administered daily? (round to two decimal places as needed.) c. how many fluid ounces of the drug should be administered daily? (round to two decimal places as needed.) d. how many fluid ounces of the drug should the patient receive in each divided dose? (round to two decimal places as needed.)

Explanation:

Step1: Recall conversion factor for teaspoons to milliliters

1 teaspoon is approximately 4.92892 milliliters.
$4\times4.92892 = 19.71568$ milliliters. Rounding to two - decimal places, we get 19.72 milliliters.

Step2: Recall relationship between cc and milliliters

1 cc (cubic centimeter) is equal to 1 milliliter. So the amount in cc is the same as in milliliters, 19.72 cc.

Step3: Recall conversion factor for milliliters to fluid ounces

1 fluid ounce is approximately 29.5735 milliliters. So, $19.72\div29.5735\approx0.67$ fluid ounces.

Step4: Divide total fluid ounces by number of doses

The total fluid ounces is 0.67. Since there are 4 doses, $0.67\div4 = 0.17$ fluid ounces per dose.

Answer:

a. 19.72
b. 19.72
c. 0.67
d. 0.17