To treat a bacterial infection, a doctor orders 4 tablets of amoxicillin per day for 10 days. If each tablet contains 250 mg of amoxicillin, how many ounces of the medication are given in 10 days?

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Hello. In this problem, we are told to alleviate acute pain from dental surgery. A dental surgeon prescribes one tablet of a Toro Coi per day for three days, determine how many ounces a medication should be taken within three days. If each tablet is 90 mg, going through the problem statement and writing qualities. Our first equality is one tablet is equal to one day. One tablet is equal to 90 mg. The medication want to convert between milligrams and grams. one g is equal to a 1000 mg and between grams and ounces. One ounce is equal to 28.3 g. We'll begin with three days. We make use of the relationship between the number of tablets in a day. You have one tablet divided by one day. This is multiplied by the relationship between tablet and medication. We have 90 mg, medication divided by one tablet. This is then multiplied by the conversion factor to go from milligrams to grams, one g of medication divided by 1000 mg medication and then from grams to ounces, one ounce of medication divided by 28.3 g. Medication. Our units of days in top and bottom cancel, tablet on top and bottom cancels milligrams of medication on top and bottom cancels grams of medication on top and bottom cancels and we're left with ounces of medication. This is equal to 0.01 ounces medication which corresponds to answer a thanks for watching. Hope this helps.

To treat a bacterial infection, a doctor orders 4 tablets of amoxicillin per day for 10 days. If each tablet contains 250 mg of amoxicillin, how many ounces of the medication are given in 10 days?

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