Question

the prescribed dosage of a drug is 10 $\frac{mg}{kg}$ daily, meaning that 10 milligrams of the drug should be administered daily for each kilogram of a patients weight. how many 200 - milligram tablets should be given each day to a patient who weighs 171 pounds? (use the fact that 1 lb $approx$ 0.45 kg.)
the patient should receive 200 - milligram tablets each day.
(round to the nearest whole number as needed.)

Explanation:

Step1: Convert pounds to kilograms

$171\times0.45 = 76.95$ kg

Step2: Calculate the total daily dosage in milligrams

$76.95\times10=769.5$ mg

Step3: Calculate the number of tablets

$\frac{769.5}{200}=3.8475\approx4$

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