150 pound person Scenario: you have a very bad head-ache so you run to the pharmacy to grab some medicine and are immediately overwhelmed with your options. You don't have any allergies or sensitivities to any of the over the counter headache medicines, so you decide to buy the cheapest option to cure YOUR headache Availability: Excedrin is available as a 200 caplet bottle for $15.51 and each caplet contains 250- mg of acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Excedrin). Advil is available as a 300 tablet bottle for $15.00 and each tablet contains 200-mg of ibuprofen (the active ingredient in Advil). Tylenol is available as a 225 pill bottle for $14.97 and each pill contains 500 mg of paracetamol (the active ingredient in Tylenol). Dosage Information: Paracetamol is dosed at 102 mg per 15 pounds of body mass. Ibuprofen is dosed at 113 mg per 25 pounds of body mass Acetaminophen is dosed as 240 mg per 35 pounds of body mass. Active Ingredient Information: Acetaminophen has the chemical formula CH,NO2. Ibuprofen has the chemical formula C13H1 g02. Paracetamol has the chemical formula CgH,NO2. How: Calculate the cost of treating your own headache for each medicine based on your body weight of 150 LB. Solve the problem using dimensional analysis. Clearly write out and organize all the conversion factors. Then write out the conversion for each medicine. Once you have concluded the cheapest option for curing your head-ache, calculate the cost per individual molecule of your pain reliever. The chemical formulas of each drug are provided for this purpose!
Problem To Solve:
150 pound person
Scenario: you have a very bad head-ache so you
run to the pharmacy to grab some medicine and
are immediately overwhelmed with your options.
You don't have any allergies or sensitivities to
any of the over the counter headache medicines, so
you decide to buy the cheapest option to
cure YOUR headache
Availability: Excedrin is available as a 200 caplet
bottle for $15.51 and each caplet contains 250-
mg of acetaminophen (the active ingredient in
Excedrin). Advil is available as a 300 tablet bottle
for $15.00 and each tablet contains 200-mg of
ibuprofen (the active ingredient in Advil). Tylenol
is available as a 225 pill bottle for $14.97 and each
pill contains 500 mg of paracetamol (the
active ingredient in Tylenol).
Dosage Information: Paracetamol is dosed at 102
mg per 15 pounds of body mass. Ibuprofen is
dosed at 113 mg per 25 pounds of body mass
Acetaminophen is dosed as 240 mg per 35
pounds of body mass.
Active Ingredient Information: Acetaminophen has
the chemical formula CH,NO2. Ibuprofen
has the chemical formula C13H1 g02. Paracetamol
has the chemical formula CgH,NO2.
How:
Calculate the cost of treating your own headache for
each medicine based on your body weight of 150
LB. Solve the problem using dimensional
analysis. Clearly write out and organize all the
conversion factors. Then write out the conversion
for
each medicine. Once you have concluded the
cheapest option for curing your head-ache,
calculate the
cost per individual molecule of your pain reliever.
The chemical formulas of each drug are provided for
this purpose!
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