The doctor has prescribed penicillin to combat a flu you are experiencing. She said you need 0.5 g three times a day for 7 days. The pharmacist gives you pills that have a strength of 250 mg per pill.How many milligrams of the drug will you take over the seven days
Question
The doctor has prescribed penicillin to combat a flu you are experiencing. She said you need 0.5 g three times a day for 7 days. The pharmacist gives you pills that have a strength of 250 mg per pill.How many milligrams of the drug will you take over the seven days
Solution
First, let's convert the daily dosage from grams to milligrams because the strength of the pills is given in milligrams.
1 gram (g) is equal to 1000 milligrams (mg), so 0.5 g is equal to 500 mg.
The doctor has prescribed 500 mg of penicillin three times a day. So, the total daily dosage is 500 mg * 3 = 1500 mg.
The prescription is for 7 days, so the total amount of penicillin you will take over the seven days is 1500 mg/day * 7 days = 10500 mg.
So, you will take 10500 milligrams of penicillin over the seven days.
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