The adult dose of a liquid medication is 0.1ml/kg to be administered in a single dose. How many teaspoonfuls should be administered to a person weighing 220 pounds?
220 lb = 100 kg. The dose recommendation of 0.1 ml/kg applies to each kg of a person's mass.
Therefore multiply 0.1 ml/kg by 100 kg.
Answer
To determine the number of teaspoonfuls to be administered, we need to convert the weight from pounds to kilograms.
1 pound is approximately 0.4536 kilograms.
So, 220 pounds is equal to 220 * 0.4536 = 99.912 kilograms (rounded to three decimal places).
The adult dose of the liquid medication is 0.1 ml/kg.
Now, we can calculate the total dose to be administered:
Total dose = 0.1 ml/kg * 99.912 kg = 9.9912 ml (rounded to four decimal places).
Since 1 teaspoon is approximately equal to 5 ml, we can calculate the number of teaspoonfuls:
Number of teaspoonfuls = 9.9912 ml / 5 ml = 1.998 (rounded to three decimal places).
Therefore, approximately 2 teaspoonfuls should be administered to a person weighing 220 pounds.
To calculate the number of teaspoonfuls that should be administered to a person weighing 220 pounds, we need to convert their weight from pounds to kilograms.
First, let's convert pounds to kilograms.
1 pound is approximately equal to 0.4536 kilograms.
So, to convert 220 pounds to kilograms, we can multiply 220 by 0.4536:
220 pounds * 0.4536 kg/pound = 99.9 kg (rounded to the nearest tenth)
Now that we have the weight in kilograms, we can calculate the dose. The adult dose of the liquid medication is 0.1 ml/kg.
So, for a person weighing 99.9 kg, the dose is:
0.1 ml/kg * 99.9 kg = 9.99 ml (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
However, we need to convert this dose from milliliters to teaspoonfuls.
There are approximately 4.93 ml in one teaspoonful.
So, to calculate the number of teaspoonfuls:
9.99 ml / 4.93 ml/teaspoonful = 2.03 teaspoonfuls (rounded to the nearest hundredth)
Therefore, approximately 2 teaspoonfuls should be administered to a person weighing 220 pounds.