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If a pharmacist has 27g of a drug that will be used in a formula to make 1000capsules, how many mg of the drug will be in each capsule?

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To find out how many milligrams of the drug will be in each capsule, we can follow these steps:

  1. Convert grams to milligrams.
  2. Divide the total amount of drug by the number of capsules.

Step 1: Convert grams to milligrams.

27 grams = 27,000 milligrams (since 1 gram = 1,000 milligrams)

Step 2: Divide the total milligrams by the number of capsules.

We have 27,000 mg of the drug and 1,000 capsules:

\[ \text{Amount of drug per capsule} = \frac{27,000 \text{ mg}}{1,000 \text{ capsules}} = 27 \text{ mg per capsule} \]

So, each capsule will contain 27 mg of the drug.