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Child weight is 13.5kg. Medicine comes in 0.8 mg. Need to switch to ml. does. How do I set up the formula?

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How to convert Milligrams to Kilograms
1 milligram (mg) is equal to 1/1000000 kilograms (kg).
1 mg = (1/1000000) kg = 10-6 kg = 0.000001 kg
The mass m in kilograms (kg) is equal to the mass m in milligrams (mg) divided by 1000000:
m(kg) = m(mg) / 106 = m(mg) / 1000000
Example
Convert 5mg to kilograms:
m(kg) = 5 mg / 1000000 = 0.000005 kg
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