Math 221 Intro to Algebra Week 2 DQ 1

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

· Cowling's rule. Cowling's rule is another function for determining the child's dosage of a drug. For this rule, the formula expresses the child's dosage d as a function of the adult dosage D and the child's age a.

SOLVE:

a)	If a doctor prescribes 1000 milligrams of acetaminophen for an adult, then how many milligrams would she prescribe for an eight-year-old child using Cowling's rule?
b)	If a doctor uses Cowling's rule to prescribe 200 milligrams of a drug to a child when she would prescribe 600 milligrams to an adult, then how old is the child?

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.
If your assigned number is
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.):