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a patient is to take 4 1/4 tablespoons of medicine per day in 5 equally divided doses. how much medicine is to be taken in each dose?

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Okay. So we have to do division, because you're dividing 4 1/4 (17/4) tablespoons of medicine by 5 doses. The formula for multiplying fractions is keep, change, flip. 17/4 * 1/5 is 17/20. 17/20 tablespoon of medicine is supposed to be taken in each dose.
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