Question

Susan takes 300mg of medication twice a day. if you have 75mg tablets, how many tablets does she get in the morning

Answer 1

Hello

If Susan takes 300mg of a drug twice daily

`300mg`

But she was given 75mg tab and takes the drug twice daily

Let's divide her daily dose by the numbers of time she takes it

`(300mg)/(2)=150mg`

This implies she takes 150mg in the morning. To find the number of tablets that will amount to 150mg would be

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{tab}=75mg \\ \text{xtab}=150mg \end{gathered}`

Cross multiply both sides and solve for x

`\begin{gathered} x*75=1*150 \\ 75x=150 \\ (75x)/(75)=(150)/(75) \\ x=2 \end{gathered}`

From the calculations above, Susan has to take 2 tablets of her medication in the morning daily.