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Hi, today we are solving the question in which we are given with child's weight that is equals to 45 kg.
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So first of all we need to convert the child weight from kilograms to pounds.
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So we know that 1 kilogram is approximately 2 .20462 pounds.
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So from here child's weight can be taken as child's weight will be equal to 45 into 2 .20462.
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So here it will be equal to 99 .208 pounds.
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Now we need to calculate the total amount of drugs z the child needs per day.
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So according to the prescription 20 mg of drugs z per pound of weight.
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This is z per pound of weight.
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So the total amount of drugs z needed total amount needed will be equal to 20 mg per pound into 99 .208 that will be equal to 1984 .16 mg.
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Now however the liquid medication contains drugs z in grams not milligrams.
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So from here we know that 1 mg is equals to 1 g...