Final answer:
The total volume of the cough syrup mixture, with 1,550 mL of syrup, 725 mL of cherry flavor, and 1.25 L of water, is 3.525 liters after converting milliliters to liters and summing the volumes.
Step-by-step explanation:
The task at hand involves a pharmacist or a quality control chemist in the field of pharmaceuticals calculating the total volume of cough syrup. To get the total volume, we need to add up the individual volumes of the components in the mixture:
- 1,550 mL of syrup
- 725 mL of cherry flavor
- 1.25 L of water (equivalent to 1,250 mL)
Before we can sum these up, it's important that they are all in the same unit. As the question prompts for an answer in liters, let's convert milliliters to liters by dividing by 1,000 (since 1 liter = 1,000 milliliters).
So the calculation goes as follows:
- 1,550 mL = 1.55 L
- 725 mL = 0.725 L
- 1.25 L (already in liters)
Now, we simply add these amounts together:
1.55 L + 0.725 L + 1.25 L = 3.525 L
Therefore, the total volume of the cough syrup mixture is 3.525 liters.