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If a patient requires 30g/day of some medication and it comes in 500 mg tablets , how many tablets does this patient need in one day?

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since 1000 mg=1g
500mg=?
500/1000*1g=0.5g
Since we know that 500mg is 0.5g then divide 30g by 0.5g
30/0.5=60
Therefore the patients needs to take 60 tablets a day.
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