Nurse Sam gave the mother of the sick child a 16 oz bottle of liquid medication and told her the child should take 30 mL twice a day. How many total fluid ounces will the child take in one day? It is understood that your answer is in units of fluid ounces. If you include a number and a word, like "14 fluid ounces" to represent the unit, your answer would be counted wrong.
To convert from mL to fluid ounces, we need to use the conversion factor 1 fluid ounce = 29.5735 mL.
First, we need to find out how many mL the child will take in one day.
Since the child needs to take 30 mL twice a day, they will take 30 mL * 2 = <<30*2=60>>60 mL in one day.
Next, we need to convert this amount from mL to fluid ounces.
We can use the conversion factor: 1 fluid ounce = 29.5735 mL.
So, the child will take 60 mL / 29.5735 mL/fluid ounce = 2.0286 fluid ounces in one day.
However, we need to round the result to the appropriate number of significant figures.
Since the given volume of the medication is 16 oz (2 significant figures), we can only consider the child's intake to the same number of significant figures.
Therefore, the child will take 2.0 fluid ounces in one day.