A child weighs 30 kg. The prescription is 10mg per pound. The liquid medication is 0.6 grams per mL of solution. How many mL?

Answer 1

First, we need to convert the child's weight from kilograms to pounds.

1 kg is equal to 2.20462 pounds, so the child's weight in pounds is 30 kg x 2.20462 = 66.1386 pounds.

The prescription is 10 mg per pound, so the total dosage for the child would be 10 mg x 66.1386 = 661.386 mg.

Next, we need to convert the medication dosage from mg to grams. Since 1 mg is equal to 0.001 grams, the prescription is 661.386 mg x 0.001 = 0.661386 grams.

Finally, we need to calculate how many mL of the solution the child needs. Since the solution is 0.6 grams per mL, the child needs 0.661386 grams / 0.6 = 1.10 mL of the liquid medication solution.

Therefore, the child needs 1.10 mL of the liquid medication solution.