Question

A recommended dose of medicine A is 125MG for a 150LB person, What would be the correct dose for a 142LB person? The appropriate medication dose for this patient is _______MG

Answer 1

For this problem, we need to do a rule of three, like this:

`\begin{gathered} 125\text{ MG medicine }\to\text{ 150 LB} \\ \text{? MG medicine }\to\text{ 142 LB} \end{gathered}`

And the calculation would be:

`142\text{ LB}\cdot\frac{125\text{ MG medicine}}{150\text{ LB}}=118.33\text{ MG medicine.}`

The appropriate medication for this patient is 118.33 MG.