Question

A patient has a urinary tract infection so Dr. Padron prescribes Ancef. A 1200 mL bag contains 400 mg of Ancef. If the patient receives 600 mL of fluid, how many mg of Ancef did the patient receive?

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Answer 1

The patient received 200 mg of Ancef

Step-by-step explanation:

The bag contained 1200 mL and 400 mg, with this information we know that the amount of mg is a third of the amount of mL so if it is 600 mL that means there is 200 mg of Ancef