Question

1. -/1 points a doctor prescribes medicine to a patient to treat high blood pressure. the patient is required to take one pill per day. the pharmacy issues a container of pills to the patient that will last for three and one - fifth months. how many containers of pills constitute a years supply for the patient? (enter a whole number of containers.) containers/year

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate number of months in a year

There are 12 months in a year.

Step2: Calculate the number of months each container lasts

Each container lasts for $3+\frac{1}{5}=3.2$ months.

Step3: Calculate number of containers

Divide the total number of months in a year by the number of months each container lasts. So, $\frac{12}{3.2}=\frac{120}{32}=\frac{15}{4} = 3.75$. Since we need whole - number of containers, we round up to 4.

Answer:

4