Kenneth S. answered • 05/26/17
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C= a/(a+12) ∙ A
I think that a is child's age and A is the Adult dosage.
Then this formula will obtain C, the child's dosage, as a fraction, a/(a+12), of the adult dosage.
For example, for a 6 year old, this fraction would be one third, applied to the adult's dosage, for the youngster.
Your statement A=a is wrong.
Arturo O.
I suspect that where the problem says "A = a" it meant to say "A = adult's dosage in milligrams" and was just cut off.
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Arturo O.
Sorry, I meant to say:
I suspect that where the problem says "A = a" it meant to say "A = adult's age" and was just cut off.
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Kenneth S.
Amanda, you have a formula, which I have explained. It works for any (reasonable) numbers that you would care to substitute. For example, a could be 6 (a six y.o. kid), as I suggested. Plug that in and the fraction that you get is 6/(6+12) which is 6/18 which reduces to one third (as I said). That means that a child's dosage would be one third of the Adult's dosage, A.
On the other hand, the child could be 4 or 7 or 13. Do you get it now??
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Amanda P.
Yes I got it I appreciate it I was thinking about something else but I understand what you are saying. All these math problems i got has got my head spinning. Thank you so much for your help
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