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A certain medication is available only in 400 μg tablets. If the patient needs to take 2.4 mg per day, how many tablets must she take? Help me please. SIMPLIFY YOUR ANSWER. Expert only.

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Answer: 6 tablets.

Step-by-step Step-by-step explanation:-

Given:

• A certain medication is available only in 400 μg tablets.

So, in milligrams :- 0.4 mg

• It is also given that the patient needs to take 2.4 mg per day.

Solution:

So, in order to know how many tablets she should take, please do as following:-


(2.4)/(0.4)


= > \: 6

Hence, she must take 6 tablets per day.

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