Acertain drug dosage calls for 14 mg per kg per day and is divided into two doses (1 every 12 hours). if a person weighs 242 pounds, how many milligrams of the drug should he receive every 12 hours?

768 mg

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that a certain drug dosage calls for 14 mg per kg per day and is divided into two doses (1 every 12 hours). A person weighs 242 pounds.

First of all, we will convert the weight of person into kg from pounds by multiplying 242 pounds by 0.453592 as 1 pound equals 0.453592 kg.

Since 1 kg body weight requires 14 mg per day, so body weight of 109.769264 kg will require 109.769264 times 14 mg per day.

Since two dosage should be given per day, so we will divide total dosage amount by 2 to find amount of each dosage.

Rounding to nearest milligram:

Therefore, the person should receive 768 mg of the drug every 12 hours.