Question

The physician prescribed penicillin 250 mg. The bottle from the supply cabinet is labeled, "Penicillin 500 mg per cc." The correct amount to administer would be CC.
Select one:
A. 0.5
B. 5.0
C. 0.25
D. 0.75​

Answer 1

Using proportions, it is found that the correct amount to administer of CC would be of:

A. 0.5.

What is a proportion?

A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three.

In this problem, 500 mg are equivalent to one cc. How many cc are equivalent to 250 mg? Hence the rule of three is given by:

500 mg - 1 cc

250 mg - x cc

Applying cross multiplication:

500x = 250

c = 0.5.

Hence option A is correct.

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