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a nurse is preparing to administer doxepin 25 mg po at bedtime. available is doxepin 50 mg tablets. how many tablets should the nurse administer? (round the answer to the nearest tenth. use a leading zero if it applies. do not use a trailing zero.)

Explanation:

Step1: Set up the ratio

We know the dose needed is 25 mg and the tablet strength is 50 mg. Let $x$ be the number of tablets. The ratio is $\frac{25}{50}=x$.

Step2: Calculate the number of tablets

$x=\frac{25}{50}=0.5$

Answer:

0.5