how many drops do you take per dose??

Question

your grandmother sends you a remedy for the heebie geebies with the following instructions.

take 1 drop per 10 lbs. of body weight per day divied into 4 doses until the heebie geebies are gone

 if u weight 170  

how many drops do you take per dose??

 

Answer 1

1 drop per 10 lbs

17 drops per 170 lbs

equally distributed into four doses, 17/4=4.25

Answer: 4.25 drops per dose

Answer 2

you have this information right now

170 lbs

1 drop per day = 10 lbs 

1 day = 4 doses

170 lbs   x   1 drop   =   17 drops   x    1 day     =   17 drops   =   17/4   drops/dose  or  4.25 drops/dose

                  10 lbs          1 day           4 doses          4 doses