a patient order is 20 milligrams of a drug available in stock is 40 milligrams in 1 milliliter of liquid how many milliliter should be administered

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The patient needs 20 mg of a drug, if there are 40 mg of drug in 1 ml of liquid, then

$20mgdrug\cdot(1ml)/(40mgdrug)=0.5ml$

0.5ml of liquid should be administered

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