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Ingredient Problem

by bburton11 » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:44 am
The main ingredient in a certain prescription drug capsule cost $500.00 per kilogram. If each capsule contains 600 milligrams of the ingredient, what is the cost of the ingredient in a capsule? (1 kilogram=10^6 milligram)

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by tohellandback » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:51 am
10^6 mg costs 500 dollars

600 mg costs (500/10^6)*600=.30 dollars
The powers of two are bloody impolite!!
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