Question

if the caffeine concentration in a particular brand of soda is 3.39 mg/oz, drinking how many cans of soda would be lethal? assume that 10.0 g of caffeine is a lethal dose, and there are 12 oz in a can. cans of soda:

Explanation:

Answer:

First, convert the lethal dose from grams to milligrams: \( 10.0\ g = 10.0\times1000\ mg = 10000\ mg \).

Then, find the amount of caffeine in one can: \( 3.39\ mg/oz\times12\ oz = 40.68\ mg \) per can.

Now, divide the lethal dose by the caffeine per can: \( \frac{10000\ mg}{40.68\ mg/\text{can}} \approx 246 \) (rounded to a reasonable number of cans).

So the number of cans is approximately 246.