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Question Carolynne:

I need to convert 12 mg to ml
density is 12.5mg/5ml
I can give dose of 1mg per pound . My dropper is in ml.
How much in ml can I give

Hi,,

12.5 mg has a volume of 5 ml so 12 mg will have a volume of slightly less than 5 ml. but how do you find the volume exactly?

12.5 mg has a volume of 5 ml so 1 mg has a volume of $\large \frac{5}{12.5} \normalsize = 0.4 $ ml.

Thus 12 mg will have a volume of $0.4 \times 12 = 4.8$ ml.

Penny

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