Question

The child should receive a dose of approximately ____ mg.(Round to the nearest integer as needed.)

Answer 1

In order to determine the size dose the child should receive, use the values

A = 5 (age of the child) and D = 800 (dose fro adults) into the given formula for the child's dose C. Then simplify, as follow:

`\begin{gathered} C=(DA)/(A+12) \\ C=((5)(800))/(800+12)=(4000)/(812)\approx5 \end{gathered}`

Hence, the child should receive a dose of 5mg