Twenty milligrams of the drug lincomycin is to be given for each kilogram of a person's weight. the drug is to be mixed with 250 cc of a normal saline solution, and the mixture is to be administered intravenously over a 1 hour period. clyde dexter, who weighs 196 lb, is to be given the drug. determine the dosage of the drug he will be given?

First you need to convert pounds to kilograms. 196 pounds is 88.904 kilograms. The directions tell you that 20 milligrams of the drug is to be administered for each kilogram of a person's weight. Now you need to multiply 88.904 by 20. That should give you 1778.08 milligrams of lincomycin. You would then mix 250 cc's of saline solution to the 1778.08 milligrams of lincomycin; but I think its just asking you how much lincomycin to administer.

It is 5.8 you add all of the up to equat 180 then solve the equation