There are 160 mg of acetaminophen in 5 ml. You are ordering 2L of acetaminophen. How many grams (g) of acetaminophen will you have available to give to patient

Question

we are suppose to use dimensional analysis 

Answer 1

Of course the previous answers are correct, but using dimensional analysis in the conventional way, you might have something like the following:

 

2 L x 1000 ml/L x 160 mg/5 ml x 1 g/1000 mg = 64 g

Answer 2

There are 2000 ml in 2 L. So if your apap is at a rate of 160mg/ 5ml then your equation would be 

(2000ml/ 5ml) x 160 mg = 64,000 mg or since it’s asking in grams it would be 64 g. (Side note: that Is a heck of a lot of apap; so just make sure you wrote the problem correctly above) 

Answer 3

OK, with the new information, we can calculate something.

 

There are 160 mg in 5 ml. You have 2L = 2000 mL.

 

(2000 mL)/(5 mL) = 400

 

This means that you have 400 times 160 mg available, since every 5 mL contains 160 mg.

 

160 mg = 0.160 g

 

So you have 400 times 0.160 g available.

 

400(0.160 g) = 64 g

 

You have 64 g available.

 

Answer 4

Hi Jenni from Seattle, WA...hope you had a great day at school.

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Now, I am unsure what you have posted...are you asking for some help with some type of ratio or conversion problem?

 

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