Questions: A patient needs 0.024 g of a sulfa drug. There are 12-mg tablets in stock. How many tablets should be given? Express your answer as an integer. tablets

A patient needs 0.024 g of a sulfa drug. There are 12-mg tablets in stock. How many tablets should be given?
Express your answer as an integer.
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Transcript text: A patient needs 0.024 g of a sulfa drug. There are $12-\mathrm{mg}$ tablets in stock. How many tablets should be given? Express your answer as an integer. $\square$ tablets
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Solution Steps

Step 1: Convert grams to milligrams

The patient needs \( 0.024 \, \text{g} \) of the sulfa drug. Since \( 1 \, \text{g} = 1000 \, \text{mg} \), convert grams to milligrams: \[ 0.024 \, \text{g} \times 1000 \, \text{mg/g} = 24 \, \text{mg}. \]

Step 2: Determine the number of tablets

Each tablet contains \( 12 \, \text{mg} \) of the sulfa drug. To find the number of tablets required, divide the total milligrams needed by the milligrams per tablet: \[ \frac{24 \, \text{mg}}{12 \, \text{mg/tablet}} = 2 \, \text{tablets}. \]

Step 3: Express the answer as an integer

The number of tablets required is \( 2 \), which is already an integer. No further rounding is needed.

Final Answer

\(\boxed{2}\) tablets

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