A medication is prescribed at 4.00 mg/kg of body weight. If the patient is given 320. mg of medication, what is that patient's body weight in pounds?

1 Answer
Feb 5, 2018

Is it not 80 kg?


The medication is prescribed for "4.00 mg stuff"/"kg body weight"4.00 mg stuffkg body weight. If you received "320. mg"320. mg of stuff, you had better be made of "80 kg"80 kg of body.

320. cancel"mg meds" xx ("1 kg body weight")/(4.00 cancel"mg meds")

= color(blue)"80 kg body weight"