Doses

A child is to receive a dose of 0.5 teaspoon of cough medicine every 12 hours. if the bottle contains 60 doses, how many days will the medicine last?

Correct result:

t =  30 d

Solution:

d=24/12=2 t=60/d=60/2=30 d

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