Week 2: Discussion

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Read the following instructions in order to complete this discussion, and review the example of how to complete the math required for this assignment:

• Read about Cowling’s Rule for child sized doses of medication (number 92 on page 119 of Elementary and Intermediate Algebra).

• Solve parts (a) and (b) of the problem using the following details indicated for your assigned number:

  If your assigned number is	For part (a) of problem 92 use this information to calculate the child’s dose.	For part (b) of problem 92 use this information to calculate the child’s age.
  1	adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 5 year old child	800mg adult, 233mg child
  2	adult dose 500mg amoxicillin; 11 year old child	250mg adult, 52mg child
  3	adult dose 1000mg acetaminophen; 8 year old child	600mg adult, 250mg child
  4	adult dose 75mg Tamiflu; 6 year old child	500mg adult, 187mg child
  5	adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 7 year old child	1200mg adult,200mg child
  6	adult dose 500mg amoxicillin; 9 year old child	100mg adult, 12.5mg child
  7	adult dose 1000mg acetaminophen: 6 year old child	600mg adult, 200mg child
  8	adult dose 75mg Tamiflu; 11 year old child	1000mg adult, 600mg child
  9	adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 8 year old child	500mg adult, 250mg child
  10	adult dose 500mg amoxicillin; 4 year old child	300mg adult, 100mg child
  11	adult dose 1000mg acetaminophen; 3 year old child	75mg adult, 12.5mg child
  12	adult dose 75mg Tamiflu; 5 year old child	1200mg adult, 300mg child
  13	adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 2 year old child	400mg adult, 50mg child
  14	adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 3 year old child	800mg adult, 200mg child
  15	adult dose 500mg amoxicillin; 3 year old child	250mg adult, 25 child
  16	adult dose 1000mg acetaminophen; 5 year old child	600mg adult, 300mg child
  17	adult dose 75mg Tamiflu; 7 year old child	500mg adult, 125mg child
  18	adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 11 year old child	1200mg adult,400mg child
  19	adult dose 500mg amoxicillin; 5 year old child	100mg adult, 25mg child
  20	adult dose 1000mg acetaminophen: 7 year old child	600mg adult, 150mg child
  21	adult dose 75mg Tamiflu; 3 year old child	1000mg adult, 167mg child
  22	adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 9 year old child	500mg adult, 200mg child
  23	adult dose 500mg amoxicillin; 7 year old child	300mg adult, 60mg child
  24	adult dose 1000mg acetaminophen; 11 year old child	75mg adult, 25mg child
  25	adult dose 75mg Tamiflu; 4 year old child	1200mg adult, 600mg child
  26	adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 1 year old child	400mg adult, 80mg child
  27	adult dose 200mg ibuprofen; 5 year old child	800mg adult, 400mg child
  28	adult dose 300mg amoxicillin; 11 year old child	250mg adult, 100mg child
  29	adult dose 600mg acetaminophen; 7 year old child	600mg adult, 300mg child
  30	adult dose 100mg Tamiflu; 3 year old child	500mg adult, 300mg child
  31	adult dose 200mg ibuprofen; 7 year old child	1200mg adult,500mg child
  32	adult dose 300mg amoxicillin; 5 year old child	100mg adult, 33mg child
  33	adult dose 600mg acetaminophen: 5 year old child	400mg adult, 100mg child
  34	adult dose 100mg Tamiflu; 11 year old child	1000mg adult, 400mg child
  35	adult dose 200mg ibuprofen; 3 year old child	500mg adult, 167mg child
  36	adult dose 300mg amoxicillin; 3 year old child	225mg adult, 75mg child
  37	adult dose 600mg acetaminophen; 3 year old child	150mg adult, 60mg child
  38	adult dose 100mg Tamiflu; 5 year old child	1200mg adult, 240mg child
  39	adult dose 200mg ibuprofen; 2 year old child	750mg adult, 300mg child
  40	adult dose 300mg amoxicillin; 7 year old child	50mg adult, 30mg child
  41	adult dose 800mg amoxicillin; 3 year old child	300mg adult, 75mg child
  42	adult dose 600mg acetaminophen; 5 year old child	240mg adult, 60mg child
  43	adult dose 200mg Tamiflu; 3 year old child	960mg adult, 240mg child
  44	adult dose 600mg ibuprofen; 2 year old child	900mg adult, 300mg child
  45	adult dose 300mg amoxicillin; 11 year old child	120mg adult, 30mg child

• Explain what the variables in the formula represent and show all steps in the computations.

• Incorporate the following five math vocabulary words into your discussion. Use bold font to emphasize the words in your writing (Do not write definitions for the words; use them appropriately in sentences describing your math work.):

• • Literal equation

  • Formula

  • Solve

  • Substitute

  • Conditional equation

Your initial post should be 150-250 words in length. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. Do you agree with how your classmates used the vocabulary? Do the mathematical results seem reasonable?

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• Jessica Carrier

• MondayJun 12 at 9:56am

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• Jessica Carrier

• MAT221: Introduction to Algebra

• Gregory Dlabach

• June 12, 2017

• Cowling’s Rule: a formula which converts an adult dose into a child’s dose using the child’s age. The formula is d = D ( a + 1)

• 24

• D = adult dose

• d= child’s dose

• a= child’s age

• I chose to complete number 14:

  adult dose 400mg ibuprofen; 3 year old child

  800mg adult, 200mg child

• I thought this one would serve me well beings my twins are 3 years old.

• d=400(3+1)

• 24 Parenthesis first

• d= 400(4)

• 24 Multiply

• d=1,600 Divide

• 24

• A 3 year old child would get 66.666… 67mg of ibuprofen

• The second part of this formula:

• 200= 800mg(a+1)

• 24

• 200(24)= 800mg(a+1)24 Divide all by 24

• 24

• 4800= 19200(a+1) Divide both sides by 19,200

• 19200 19200

• .25=a+1

• .25 -1= a+1-1 Simplify and subtract 1-1

• a+.25-1 Subtract

• a= -.75

• I was lost from dividing both sides by 19200. Don’t think my answer should be in the negative.