Answer to Question #94746 in General Chemistry for Jasmine Luna

Question

a doctor orders a medication to be given at the dose of 0.25 g/kg of the body weight. if the medication is available as 8.6 g/mL of the stock solution and the patient weighs 123 lb, how many milliliters of the stock solution should you give them?

Answer 1

123 lb = 55,7919 kg.

55.7919 x 0.25 =13.947975 g.

13.947975 / 8.6 =1.622 ml.