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Choose a method of calculating dosage and complete the following dosage calculation.

Order: 2 grams
Have: 100 milligrams in 2 milliliters

Give _____

The required dosage is _____ milliliters.

Answer :

Give 2 gram. The required dosage is 40 milliliters.

To calculate the required dosage for the order, we first need to convert the units to make them consistent. The order is for 2 grams, and we have 100 milligrams per 2 milliliters.

  1. Convert grams to milligrams: 2 grams * 1000 = 2000 milligrams.
  2. Determine the concentration: 100 mg is available in 2 mL. Therefore, the concentration is 50 mg/mL (100 mg / 2 mL).
  3. Calculate the volume needed: We need to find out how many milliliters are required to administer 2000 mg:
    2000 mg / 50 mg/mL = 40 mL.

Hence, the required dosage is 40 milliliters.

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