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Hey certain medicine is giving in an amount proportional to a patient’s body weight suppose a patient weighing 132 pounds equal 143 mg of medicine what is the amount of medicine required by the patient waiting 156 pounds

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if the medicine is proportional to the pateints body weight,

lets say x= the amount of medicine required by the person who weights 156 lbs

x=(156*143)/132=169

the person who weights 156 lbs needs 169 mg of medicine

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