Jack's pet dog has been prescribed x mg of a medicine per day. Each pill of the medicine has 15 mg of the medicine. Jack has to give his dog a total of 25 pills. If Jack gave his dog medicine for 7 days, use the expression below to interpret the situation.
25-7x/15
Part A: What does x/15 represent?
Part B: What does the 7x/15 represent?
Part C: What does the entire expression represent?

Question

Jack's pet dog has been prescribed x mg of a medicine per day. Each pill of the medicine has 15 mg of the medicine. Jack has to give his dog a total of 25 pills. If Jack gave his dog medicine for 7 days, use the expression below to interpret the situation. 
25-7x/15
Part A: What does x/15 represent?
Part B: What does the 7x/15 represent?
Part C: What does the entire expression represent?

anonymous · Answer

A- the x/15 is the amount of mg taken per day
b- the 7x/15 is the amount of mg taken per week
c- It represents the total number of pills leftover after a week.

anonymous · Answer

thnx :)