Question
If a cough syrup contains 0.24gm of codeine in 120ml, how many mg are contained in each teaspoonful?
Answers
Reiny
"teaspoonful" is not a metric unit of measurement.
One has to know how many ml are in a teaspoonful
Once you have looked that up, set up a ratio.
24g/120 ml = x g/"teaspoonful" ml
cross-multiply and solve for x
One has to know how many ml are in a teaspoonful
Once you have looked that up, set up a ratio.
24g/120 ml = x g/"teaspoonful" ml
cross-multiply and solve for x
trouble
so one teaspoon = 5ml
my answer is 1gr?
my answer is 1gr?
Reiny
.24g/120 ml = x g/"teaspoonful" ml, sorry I dropped the decimal in front of 24 g
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x = .01 g
I leave it up to you to convert .01 g to mg.
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x = .01 g
I leave it up to you to convert .01 g to mg.
Anonymous
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