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a patient order is 60 milligrams of a drug available in stock is 90 milligrams in 1 milliliter of liquid how many milliliters should be administered

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\begin{gathered} \text{one has that} \\ 90\text{miligrams ----1milimeter} \\ 60\text{miligrams -----x} \\ by\text{ applying the rule of 3, one has} \\ x=((60)(1))/(90) \\ x=(60)/(90) \\ x=(6)/(9) \\ x=(2)/(3) \end{gathered}

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