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A physician orders 70mg of a particular medication be administered to a patient. The medication on hand has 40mg/capsule. How many capsules should be given to the patient?

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Here is the answer to the given question above.
Order of the physician = 70mg of medication
Available on hand = 40mg capsule
? = how many capsules should be given
Based on the given values above, the patient should be given 1 and 3/4 capsule. Hope this answer helps.

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