Question

Ricardo can take up to 50 mg of aspirin a day. The aspirin comes in 12.5 mg tablets. How many tablets can he take in a day?

Answer 1

4 Tablets

Explanation:

If his limit is 50 mg of aspirin and each tablet is 12.5 mg then we just have to divide 50 (total allowed amount) by 12.5 (one tablet) and we get the answer of 4 tablets.

50/12.5 = 4

Answer 2

Breaking this down.

Explanation:

SO basically 50mg each aspiring = 12.5

so? 12.5x4=50mg so he can take up to 4 aspirins per day.