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A certain medicine is given in an amount proportional to a patients body weight. Suppose a patient weighing 159 pounds requires 212 milligrams of medicine. What amount of medicine required by a patient
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A certain medicine is given in an amount proportional to a patients body weight. Suppose a patient weighing 159 pounds requires 212 milligrams of medicine. What amount of medicine required by a patient weighing 129 pounds?

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It is 1.33333333333333337 because 212/159=1.33333333337. So the patient weighing 129 lb. will need 1.333 ml of medicine.
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The patient would require 172 milligrams of medicine.
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