Question

equation allows the nurse to use theratio and proportion method todetermine how many tablets the patientrequires?O 100 mg/50 mg x 1 tabletO 50 mg/100 mg x 1 tablet50 mg/1 tablet = 100 mg/ x tablets

Answer 1

SOLUTION

From the question, the patient needs 100 mg but the drug is available in 50 mg tablets.

We can see that 100 is twice of 50, so using 50 mg tablets should be twice that to make it 100 mg

If the number of tablets is given as x, so the requirement will be calculated as

$x\text{ tablets = }\frac{1\text{ tablet }}{50\text{ mg}}\times100\text{ mg/1 tablet }$

Hence the last option is the correct answer