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What will be the total amount of medication in grains if 45 capsules, each containing $3 / 5$ grain, are dispensed?
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44. In the old pharmaceutical system of measurements, masses were expressed in grains. There are $5.760 \times 10^{3}$ grains in 1 lb. An old bottle of aspirin lists 5.000 grains of active ingredient per tablet. How many milligrams of active ingredient are there in the same tablet?
Apothecaries (druggists) use the following set of measures in the English system: $$ \begin{aligned} 20 \text { grains ap } &=1 \text { scruple (exact) } \\ 3 \text { scruples } &=1 \text { dram ap (exact) } \\ 8 \text { dram ap } &=1 \mathrm{oz} \text { ap (exact) } \\ 1 \text { dram ap } &=3.888 \mathrm{~g} \end{aligned} $$ a. Is an apothecary grain the same as a troy grain? (See Exercise 45.) b. $102 \mathrm{ap}=$_____oz troy. c. An aspirin tablet contains $5.00 \times 10^{2} \mathrm{mg}$ of active ingredient. What mass in grains ap of active ingredient does it contain? What mass in scruples? d. What is the mass of 1 scruple in grams?
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