Question

pine hills community health center 80 2nd street, pine hills, pa 29522 (555) 555 - 3823
patient name benita esperanza
address
phone
r ciprofloxacin 500 mg po once daily
refills: 0
physician’s signature martin harris, m.d.
printed name martin harris date 6/15/20xx
physician’s dea# ab 1234567 - 02
ciprofloxacin tablets usp 100 tablets bottle 250mg
drag values from the answer bank to calculate the amount of medication to dispense to the patient per dose
1
10
2
250
4
500
100 tablets = (□ mg / □ mg) × □ tablets

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the prescribed dose and tablet strength

The prescription is for 500 mg of ciprofloxacin per dose, and each tablet is 250 mg.

Step2: Set up the proportion

We know that the amount of medication (in mg) per tablet is 250 mg, and we need to find the number of tablets for 500 mg. Let \( x \) be the number of tablets. The proportion is \(\frac{500\space mg}{250\space mg}=\frac{x\space tablets}{1\space tablet}\) (or we can think of it as how many 250 mg tablets make 500 mg). Solving for \( x \), we divide 500 by 250, so \( x = \frac{500}{250}=2 \). So in the formula \( 100\space tablets=\frac{500\space mg}{250\space mg}\times x\space tablets \), substituting the values, we have \( 100=\frac{500}{250}\times x \), and \( x = 2 \). So the top box (mg numerator) is 500, the bottom box (mg denominator) is 250, and the tablet box is 2.

Answer:

For the first (top) mg box: 500
For the bottom mg box: 250
For the tablet box: 2