The recommended single dose of a medication is 1 tsp. How many doses can be obtained from 50 mL of the medication?

1. 5 doses
2. 50 doses
3. 20 doses
4. 10 doses



Answer :

To determine how many doses can be obtained from 50 mL of the medication, given that a single dose is 1 teaspoon (tsp), we need to use the conversion factor between teaspoons and milliliters.

1 teaspoon is equivalent to 5 milliliters (mL).

Given:
- 1 dose = 1 tsp
- 1 tsp = 5 mL
- Total medication available = 50 mL

First, we need to figure out how many 5 mL portions are in 50 mL. This can be done by dividing the total volume of the medication by the volume of one dose:

[tex]\[ \text{Number of doses} = \frac{\text{Total volume in mL}}{\text{Volume of one dose in mL}} \][/tex]

Substitute the values we have:

[tex]\[ \text{Number of doses} = \frac{50 \text{ mL}}{5 \text{ mL}} \][/tex]

This simplifies to:

[tex]\[ \text{Number of doses} = 10 \][/tex]

Thus, 10 doses of medication can be obtained from 50 mL of the medication.

Therefore, the correct answer is:
4) 10 doses