Acold tablet contains the following amounts of active ingredients: acetaminophen 325 mg, chlorpheniramine maleate 2 mg, and dextromethorphan hydrobromide 15 mg. how many tablets may be prepared if a manufacturing pharmacist has 1 kg of acetaminophen, 125 g of chlorpheniramine maleate, and unlimited quantities of dextromethorphan hydrobromide?

The number of tablets that can be prepared is 3076.

Step-by-step explanation:

The total amount of active ingredients in the tablet is the sum of the amounts provided in the formula:

The percentages of each component in the formula are:

Acetaminophen:%

Chlorpheniramine maleate:%

Dextromethorphan hydrobromide:%

If 1 Kg= mg of acetaminophen is used, the needed amount of chlorpheniramine maleate would be:

Since there are 125 g = 125000 mg of chlorpheniramine maleate, there is enough of these ingredient to run the available acetaminophen out. Thus, the total amount of active ingredients that can be prepared with 1 kg of acetaminophen is:

Since each tablet weighs 342 mg, the number of tablets that can be prepared is:

Which means that 3076 tablets can be prepared and a there will be a remanent of 0.923*342 mg = 315.69 mg of active ingredients.

answer: 25 is the correct answer

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