tablets labeled 0.25 mg.and a dosage of 0.375 mg. is ordered, how many tablets are needed...how did you get ?

Question

how was answer gotten?

Answer 1

one and a half tablets per dose

Answer 2

sounds like a nursing med question. I got 1 1/2 tablets are needed. divide 0.375 by 0.25 and you'll get you answer. In nursing school I was taught to set up the problem this way:

av(available) and do(doctors order)
0.25 : 1 0.375 : X


Now is where you would do your smiley face. Go from the 0.25 to the X and the 1 to the 0.375. so you would come up with 0.25X = 0.375 bec you're multiplying. THe one represents how much each tablet is worth. in this case each tablet is worth 0.25. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

1 1/2 tablet

Answer 4

One and a half.