Question

Due to your severe pain, the doctor tells the nurse to give you 625 mg of pain medicine every 6 hours.  You also hear the nurse say that the medication comes in 250-mg tablets.  How many tablets should she give you every 6 hours? Keep your answer as exact.

Answer 1

Given:

The amount of medicine that must be taken is 625 mg every 6 hours.

But the medication comes in 250-mg tablets.

To find the number of tablets should she give you every 6 hours? Keep your answer as exact:

So, we have

`(625)/(250)=2.5\text{ tablets}`

Hence, the answer is 2 and a half tablets.