1) Low-dose aspirin tablets contain 1¼ grains of aspirin in each tablet. How many tablets can...

1) Low-dose aspirin tablets contain 1¼ grains of aspirin in each tablet. How many tablets can be prepared from 1.1 avoirdupois pound of aspirin?

2) If a physician prescribed 3.600 grams of aspirin to be taken by a patient daily, about how many 5-grain tablets should the patient take each day?

3) A physician advises an adult patient to take a children's tablet (81 mg of aspirin per tablet) daily as a precaution against a heart attack. Instead, the patient decides to cut 5-gr aspirin tablets into dosage units. How many full doses (theoretically) could be obtained from each 5-gr tablet?

Question 3 options:

	A) < 2
	B) 3
	C) 4
	D) 5
	E) > 6

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