Final answer:
The patient should receive an injection of 20 milliliters of medication after converting 2.4 grams to milligrams and using the medication's concentration to determine the volume required.
Step-by-step explanation:
Calculating Medication Dosages:
To determine the volume in milliliters of medication a patient should receive, we need to convert the weight of the medication in grams to milligrams and then use the concentration in milligrams per milliliter to find the volume.
The patient needs 2.4 grams of medication. Since there are 1,000 milligrams in one gram, we first convert 2.4 grams to milligrams:
2.4 grams × 1,000 milligrams/gram = 2,400 milligrams
We then use the information that 1 milliliter of liquid contains 120 milligrams of medication. To find the milliliters of medication the patient should be injected with, we divide the total milligrams needed by the number of milligrams per milliliter:
2,400 milligrams ÷ 120 milligrams/milliliter = 20 milliliters
Therefore, the patient should receive an injection of 20 milliliters of the medication.