A patient has been instructed to take 15ml of alumina and magnesium oral suspension every other hour for four doses daily. How many days will two 12 oz bottles last?
To determine the number of days two 12 oz bottles of alumina and magnesium oral suspension will last, we need to calculate the total volume of the suspension the patient would consume each day and then divide it by the total volume in the two bottles.
First, let's calculate the total volume the patient would consume each day:
- The patient is instructed to take 15 ml every other hour for four doses daily.
- Since the patient takes a dose every other hour, there are 12 hours in between each dose.
- Since there are 24 hours in a day, the patient would take 24/12 = 2 doses per day.
- Therefore, the patient would consume 15 ml x 2 doses = 30 ml of the suspension per day.
Now, let's calculate the total volume in the two 12 oz bottles:
- 12 oz is equivalent to 355 ml, since 1 oz is approximately 29.57 ml.
- So, two 12 oz bottles would contain 355 ml x 2 = 710 ml of the suspension.
Finally, let's calculate the number of days the two bottles would last:
- If the patient consumes 30 ml per day, the two bottles of 710 ml combined would last 710 ml / 30 ml per day = 23.67 days.
- Since we cannot have a fraction of a day, we round this to the nearest whole number.
- Therefore, two 12 oz bottles of alumina and magnesium oral suspension would last approximately 24 days.
To determine the number of days two 12 oz bottles will last, we need to calculate how long one bottle will last and then double that value.
First, let's determine how many milliliters are in 12 oz:
1 oz is equivalent to 29.57 mL
Therefore, 12 oz is equal to 12 * 29.57 = 354.84 mL
Next, let's calculate how many milliliters are in each daily dose:
The patient needs to take 15 mL every other hour for a total of four doses daily.
So, the patient takes a total of 15 mL * 4 doses = 60 mL per day.
Now, let's calculate how many days one bottle will last:
Since each bottle contains 354.84 mL and the patient takes 60 mL per day, one bottle will last 354.84 mL / 60 mL per day = 5.91 days.
Finally, to determine how many days two 12 oz bottles will last, we need to double the number of days for one bottle:
2 bottles will last 5.91 days * 2 = 11.82 days.
Therefore, two 12 oz bottles will last approximately 11.82 days.