A dose of a drug is 20 mg/kg. The patient weighs 23 kg. Use proportions to determine how many mg of the drug this patient should receive.
Mathematics · College · Tue Nov 03 2020
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So lets try and create a simple ratio based on the information that we have. Lets call X the amount of mg that a patient should recieve.
If 1kg should take 20mg,
Then 23kg should take x mg.
Cross multiply to create the equations to find x, so 1 times x equal to 23 times 20.
x=23*20
x=460mg drugs