During surgery, a patient receives 4.5 pt of plasma. How many milliliters of plasma were given?
Express the volume in milliliters to two significant figures
There are 473.18 milliliters (mL) in one pint (pt). To convert the given volume of plasma from pints to milliliters, we can use the conversion factor:
1 pt = 473.18 mL
Therefore, the volume of plasma given in milliliters is:
4.5 pt * 473.18 mL/pt ≈ 2134 mL
Rounded to two significant figures, the volume of plasma given is approximately 2100 mL.
To convert pints to milliliters, we can use the conversion factor: 1 pint = 473.176 milliliters.
Given that the patient received 4.5 pints of plasma, we can multiply this by the conversion factor to find the volume in milliliters:
4.5 pints * 473.176 milliliters/pint = 2129.292 milliliters.
Rounding to two significant figures, the volume of plasma given during surgery is approximately 2100 milliliters.