A patient needs to take 625 mg of ibuprofen twice daily. The pills in the bottle are each 250. / rm mg. How many pills does the patient need to take each time she wants the 625 mg dosage? Assume that these pills are scored and can be cut in half if necessary.

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Ben Colon

5 January, 02:24

A patient needs to take 625 mg of ibuprofen twice daily. The pills in the bottle are each 250. / rm mg. How many pills does the patient need to take each time she wants the 625 mg dosage? Assume that these pills are scored and can be cut in half if necessary.

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Dorian Villa · Answer 1

For the patient to take 625mg of Ibuprofen, the person would need to take 2.5 pills each time. Two pills will equal 500mg and taking one half pill would be another 125mg which is equal to 625 mg. Doing this twice a day would equal the 1250mg required in a full day.