Question

Medal
The dosage of a certain infant antibiotic prescribed by a pediatrician is determined by the weight of the infant in kilograms. If an infant who weighs 4.1 kilograms is given a shot containing 82 milligrams of this antibiotic, find the dosage rate for this medication in milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg).
? mg/kg

Answer 1

The dosage in milligrams to kilograms is 20 milligrams to one kilogram. to find that you divide your milligrams by kilograms, which is 82/4.1 and the solution to that is 20

Answer 2

so the answer is 20 mg/kg?

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

oh thank you :)

Answer 5

no problem :)