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Animals: The label on a bottle of pet vitamins lists dosage guidelines. What dosage would you give to each of these animals
a. a 18 kg adult dog
b. a 6 kg cat
c. a 18 kg pregnant dog

Do Good Pet Vitamins

Adult dogs: 1/2 tsp (tea spoon full) per 9 kg body weight
Puppies, pregnant dogs, or nursing dogs: 1/2 tsp per 4.5 kg body weight
Cats: 1/4 tsp per 1 kg body weight

Solution:

a. Dosage given to 18kg adult dog = (1/2 + 1/2) tsp = 1 tsp

b. Total dosage given to a 6kg Cat = 6 × 1/4 = 6/4 = 3/ 2 tsp = 1(1/2) tsp

c. Dosage given to 18kg dog (pregnant dog) = 1/2 × 1/4.5 × 18 = 9 × 10/45 = 2 tsp

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Animals: The label on a bottle of pet vitamins lists dosage guidelines. What dosage would you give to each of these animals, a. a 18 kg adult dog, b. a 6 kg cat, c. a 18 kg pregnant dog

Summary:

On solving the given problem we observed that 1 tsp dosage is given to a 18kg adult dog, 1(1/2) dosage is given to a 6kg adult cat, and 2 tsp dosage given to 18kg pregnant dog

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Animals: The label on a bottle of pet vitamins lists dosage guidelines. What dosage would you give to each of these animals a. a 18 kg adult dog b. a 6 kg cat c. a 18 kg pregnant dog

Animals: The label on a bottle of pet vitamins lists dosage guidelines. What dosage would you give to each of these animals, a. a 18 kg adult dog, b. a 6 kg cat, c. a 18 kg pregnant dog

Animals: The label on a bottle of pet vitamins lists dosage guidelines. What dosage would you give to each of these animals
a. a 18 kg adult dog
b. a 6 kg cat
c. a 18 kg pregnant dog