The recommended dosage of a drug for a pediatirc patients is 200 mg per kilograms of a patient’s weight. if janine weighs 62 ib, how many of the drug should she receive? jaine should receive about how many milligrams of the drugs?

First, we need to convert those lbs to kilograms. One kilo is equal to about 2.2lbs, so:

1kg 2.2lbs
x kg 62lbs

x=62lbs*1kg divided by 2.2lbs
x=28.1kg

The dosage is 200mg by kilogram, and the patient weighs 28.1kg, so we multiply:

28.1kg*200=5620mg

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