Doctors sometimes use this formula to calculate how much medicine to give a child.
(a) A child who is 4 YEARS OLD needs some medicine.
The amount for an adult is 20ml.
Use the formula to work out the correct amount for this child.
Explain your answer
(b) Another child needs some medicine.
The amount for an adult is 30ml.
The correct amount for this child is 15ml.
How old is this child? Explain your answer!
2007-11-14 05:37:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
(a) 10 ml as a child should only need half of the adult dosage
(B) under 12 years of age, again half of the adult dosage
2007-11-14 05:41:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-16 08:33:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insufficient information to provide an answer. Doctors usually use age for calculation which, of course is incorrect. It should be calculated on weight like vets do.
2007-11-14 05:48:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You did not supply enough information. Explain what? There is no formula. Your first example has one value dealing with age and another dealing with amounts. Your second example has two amounts with no age. You can't solve this.
2007-11-14 05:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
a) 5ml, half the adult dose for older child(12+) , then half again for a child under 6.
b) the child i would say is under 12 but older than 6 years.
Don't know why, just a guess! lol
2007-11-14 05:48:11 · answer #5 · answered by 2plus3 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
First you ask an 'Algebric' question ( which means I hope you're better at that than English since the word you didn't get is Algebraic) and secondly I think perhaps you should do your own GCSE homework.
2007-11-14 05:46:58 · answer #6 · answered by Beastie 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Your question is based on an incorrect premise. Drug dosages are based on a child's weight, much less often on age.
2007-11-14 05:45:57 · answer #7 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Does weight not come into this equation?
The information that you have provided is insufficient to create an equation.
2007-11-14 05:45:09 · answer #8 · answered by razman 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hey, Einstein, we base pediatric dosing on weight, not age.
2007-11-14 12:33:29 · answer #9 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
not enough info is given in order to answer the question. ADD MORE DETAILS.
2007-11-14 05:55:55 · answer #10 · answered by 3.14=Pi 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋