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A physician has ordered 0.50 mg of atropine, intramuscularly. If atropine were available as 0.25 mg/mL of solution, how many milliliters would you need to give?

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If 0.25mg of atropine is in 1mL
so
0.50mg of atropine is in x


x=(0.5mg*1mL)/(0.25mg)=2mL
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