As you remove the digoxin tablet from the automated medication dispensing machine, you note that the dose on the tablet label is 250 mcg
How many tablets would you give?
You would give two tablets.
250 mcg = 0.25 mg
0.25mg/1tablet = 0.5mg/ x
0.25x = 0.5; x = 2tablets
Be sure students do not omit the leading zero before the decimal point (.25 mg) and they do not
add a trailing zero after the 5 (0.250 mg).
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