Question

Coco needs 150mg of a medication that comes in tablets labelled 100mg each. How many tablets will you give her?

Please show work!

Answer 1

1.5

Explanation:

If 1 tablet is 100mg, and you need 150mg, we set up this equation:

Let x be the number of tablets Coco needs.

x = 150/100

x = 1.5

Therefore, you need 1.5 tablets for the medication.