Question

A child needs to take 2 1/2 tablespoons of medicine per day in 8 equal doses. How much medicine is in each dose?

Answer 1

Given data:

The given medicine is 2 1/2= 2.5 tablesppons.

The numbers of doses are n=8.

The given expression can be written as,

8 doses=2.5 table spoon

1 dose =(2.5/8) table spoon

=0.3125 table spoon.

Thus, the medicine in one dose is 0.3125 table spoon.