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Bogdan
20 hours ago
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A patient needs 40.0 mg of antibiotic per kilogram of body weight each day. If the patient weighs 55 kilograms.

Chemistry
1 answer:
VMariaS [2.8K]20 hours ago
4 0

Response:

2200 mg of antibiotic

Explanation:

The prescribed antibiotic dosage is 40 mg/kg of body weight.

For a patient weighing 55 kg, we calculate the dose of antibiotic as follows:

If we analyze 40/1000000, we can determine antibiotic allocation in kg per kg of weight

= 0.00004 kg of antibiotic for each kilogram

0.00004 multiplied by 55 (to find out the required amount for a 55 kg individual)

= 0.0022 kg

This 0.0022 figure converts to milligrams as follows

0.0022*10^6

= 2200 mg of antibiotic is indicated for a patient weighing 55 kg.

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