Question

16) A bottle of high blood pressure medication contains 90 tablets. Each tablet contains 150 mg of the active ingredient. How many grams of the active ingredient are in the entire bottle? Hint: 1 gram = 1,000 mg

Answer 1

One tablet contains 150 mg of the active ingredient. Then, 90 tablets contain

`90\text{ tablets }\cdot\frac{150\text{ mg}}{1\text{ tablet}}=13500mg_{}`

1 gram is equivalent to 1,000 mg​, then 13500 mg is equivalent to

`13500\text{ mg}\cdot\frac{1\text{ gram}}{1000\text{ mg}}=13.5\text{ grams}`

There are 13.5 grams of the active ingredient in the entire bottle