Question

Pharmacist Doofenschmirtz must prepare a medicineinto 0.12 gram capsules. If he has 25.26 grams of themedicine, how many capsules can he make?

Answer 1

Given:

`1\text{ capsule}=0.12gram`

The number of capsules he can make from 25.26 grams of medicine will be;

`\begin{gathered} 1\text{ }capsule=0.12gram \\ x=25.26grams \\ \\ Cross\text{ multiplying;} \\ 0.12* x=1*25.26 \\ 0.12x=25.26 \\ Divide\text{ both sides by 0.12,} \\ x=(25.26)/(0.12) \\ x=210.5\text{ capsules} \end{gathered}`

By long division,

`\begin{gathered} (25.26)/(0.12) \\ Multiplying\text{ both the numerator and denominator by 100 to remove the decimal,} \\ (25.26*100)/(0.12*100)=(2526)/(12) \end{gathered}`

Since he wants to make a whole complete capsule, then from 25.26 grams, he can make just 210 full capsules.