Answer to Question #14479 in Biochemistry for jason

Question

an intern made a error and gave a pantient a dose of 500mg rahter than 500pg of a drug . what is the percentage of error. must show work

Answer 1

error mass is 500 pg (petagram)
regular mass is 500 mg
500 pg is
500 000 000 000 000 000 grams and 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 mg

E=I
(Mr-Me)/Mr I = I (500 - 500 000 000 000 000 000 000)/500 I * 100%= 1 x 10^20% of
error