Question

In infants' Tylenol, 5 ml contains 160 mg of Acetaminophen. If your child's pediatrician says that your child can take 16 mg of Acetaminophen, how many milliliters (ml) should you give the child? What is the proportion that will be used to solve the problem?"

a) 0.25 ml
b) 2.5 ml
c) 25 ml
d) 0.0125 ml

Answer 1

To find the number of milliliters (ml) to give your child, we can set up a proportion based on the information given and solve for 'x'. The correct answer is 0.25 ml.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of milliliters (ml) to give your child, we can set up a proportion based on the information given. We know that 5 ml contains 160 mg of Acetaminophen and the child can take 16 mg. Let 'x' represent the number of milliliters to give the child. The proportion will be:

5 ml / 160 mg = x ml / 16 mg

We can cross-multiply and solve for 'x':

5 ml * 16 mg = 160 mg * x ml

80 = 160x

x = 80 / 160 = 0.5 ml

Therefore, you should give your child 0.5 ml of infants' Tylenol. The correct answer is a) 0.25 ml.