A pediatrician prescribes the antibiotic amoxicillin to treat a child suffering from an ear infection.  The prescribed dose is to be 76.1 mg of drug per kilogram patient body mass per day.  The drug is to be administered twice each day in the form of a liquid containing 123.0 mg amoxicillin per milliliter. If the child weighs 31.01 pounds, how many milliliters of the liquid should be administered in each dose? weight in kg=14.06kg

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A pediatrician prescribes the antibiotic amoxicillin to treat a child suffering from an ear infection.  The prescribed dose is to be 76.1 mg of drug per kilogram patient body mass per day.  The drug is to be administered twice each day in the form of a liquid containing 123.0 mg amoxicillin per milliliter.

If the child weighs 31.01 pounds, how many milliliters of the liquid should be administered in each dose?

weight in kg=14.06kg

 

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