9. A pediatrician prescribes a dose of ( 160 mathrm{mg} ) of medicine to be given every 6 hours. The medication bottle explains that there are 0.08 grams of medicine per ( mathrm{mL} (0.08 mathrm{~g} / mathrm{mL}) ). How many ( mathrm{mL} ) of medicine should be given for each dose? a. ( 2 mathrm{~mL} / ) dose b. ( 8 mathrm{~mL} / ) dose c. ( 0.50 mathrm{~mL} / ) dose d. ( 25 mathrm{~mL} / ) dose
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To convert \( 160 \mathrm{mg} \) to grams, we divide by 1000: \( 160 \mathrm{mg} = 160/1000 = 0.16 \mathrm{g} \) Show more…
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