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­Yayy a new problem. Pretty straightforward:

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­A certain method for calculating pediatric drug dosages states that if d is the adult dosage, in milligrams, and y is the child’s age, in years, then the child’s dosage, in milligrams, is \(d=(\frac{y+1}{24})\). If the adult dosage for a particular drug is 800 milligrams, what is an 8-year-old child’s dosage, in milligrams, according to this method?

A. 200
B. 225
C. 250
D. 275
E. 300
­The child's dosage is given by \(d = \frac{y+1}{24}\)­,

Yet everyone is doing :Child's dose = = d*(\(\frac{y+1}{24}\)­), why?­

Infact according to original eqn : \(800 = \frac{9}{24}\)­, which is not possible.

carcass, is there a typo. Thank you.­
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Fixed. Thank you. = instead of *.....but of course the formula must have *. Just a mismatch. My bad

d=800 and y=8. These are given

Put into the formula

\(800 \times \dfrac{8+1}{24}\)

Calculate

300 is the answer­
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Plug in the given numbers
y=8
d=800

800×[(8+1)/24]
800x (9/24)
800x (3/8)
300
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