3 oz of cough syrup was diluted with 14 oz of water making a total of 17 Oz if dosage is 2 ml at full strength what would the dosage be now

Answer 1

You take the dose volume / original volume of the known

Multiply it by the dilted volume (oz cancel out) - leaving the mL dose of the

2mL/3oz x 17oz = 11.3mL

Double check by check by calculating number of doses per bottle:

mL in bottle / dose mL

3 oz = 90 mL / 2ml = 45 doses in the bottle

17oz = 510 mL / 11.3 ml = 45 doses in the bottle

Same number of doses in