Question
How many $\mathrm{mg}$ of amoxacilline trihydrate are needed to prepare $550 \mathrm{ml}$ oral suspension if each $\mathrm{mL}$ contain $25 \mathrm{mg}$ of the drug?
Step 1
To find the total amount of amoxicillin trihydrate needed, multiply the volume of the oral suspension by the concentration of the drug per mL: $550 \mathrm{mL} \times 25 \mathrm{mg/mL} = 13750 \mathrm{mg}$ Show more…
Show all steps
Your feedback will help us improve your experience
Gayathri Janakiraman Paramasivan and 98 other educators are ready to help you.
Ask a new question
Labs
Want to see this concept in action?
Explore this concept interactively to see how it behaves as you change inputs.
Key Concepts
Recommended Videos
Children are often given antibiotics in liquid form, called an oral suspension. Pharmacists make up these suspensions by mixing medication in powder form with water. They use proportions to calculate the volume of the suspension for the amount of medication that has been prescribed. For each exercise, do the following. (a) Find the total amount of medication in milligrams to be given over the full course of treatment. (b) Write a proportion that can be solved to find the total volume of the liquid suspension that the pharmacist will prepare. Use $x$ as the variable. (c) Solve the proportion to determine the total volume of the oral suspension. An Amoxil oral suspension can also be made by using $250 \mathrm{mg}$ for each $5 \mathrm{~mL}$ of suspension. Ava's pediatrician prescribed $900 \mathrm{mg}$ a day for 10 days to treat her bronchitis.
Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable
Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
Children are often given antibiotics in liquid form, called an oral suspension. Pharmacists make up these suspensions by mixing medication in powder form with water. They use proportions to calculate the volume of the suspension for the amount of medication that has been prescribed. For each exercise, do the following. (a) Find the total amount of medication in milligrams to be given over the full course of treatment. (b) Write a proportion that can be solved to find the total volume of the liquid suspension that the pharmacist will prepare. Use $x$ as the variable. (c) Solve the proportion to determine the total volume of the oral suspension. Logan's pediatric nurse practitioner has prescribed $375 \mathrm{mg}$ of Amoxil a day for 7 days to treat his ear infection. The pharmacist uses $125 \mathrm{mg}$ of Amoxil in each $5 \mathrm{~mL}$ of the suspension.
Transcript
Watch the video solution with this free unlock.
EMAIL
PASSWORD