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Offline Aventura

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Chemistry conversion problem
« on: September 15, 2015, 11:57:56 AM »
Chemistry Conversion... help?
A) A certain medicine contain 50.0mg of a drug per tablet. The drug is metabolized in the human body at a constant rate of 0.0236 oz/hr. If the patient ingests 4 tablets how long will it take for the drug to be metabolized? (454g=1lb)

B) a recipe calls for 710g of flour. The density of flour is 0.62 g/mL. How many cups of flour do you need? (1L=1.057qt)


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Re: Chemistry conversion problem
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2015, 12:02:34 PM »
Did you try using the technique of units cancellation?  If so, what did you obtain for answers?

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Re: Chemistry conversion problem
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2015, 12:58:39 PM »
As for problem a) I used unit cancellation and got (10,714mg/960min). Do I now divide 200 by this rate to find how many minutes it takes to metabolize the drug?

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Re: Chemistry conversion problem
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2015, 01:47:18 PM »
Can you show your calculation?  I don't see how you got there.

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