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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 6kg cat


c) A 18 kg pregnant dog

a) As the dosage listed for adult dog is 1/2 tsp per 9 kg dog weight.


Dosage needed for 18 kg adult dog will be =



An 18 kg adult dog will have 1 tsp of dosage.


b) As the dosage listed for cat is 1/4 tsp per 1 kg dog weight.


Dosage needed for 6 kg cat will be = 1/4 × 6



An 18 kg adult dog will have 1.5 tsp of dosage.


c) As the dosage listed for pregnant dog is 1/2 tsp per 4.5 kg dog weight.


Dosage needed for 18 kg adult dog will be =



An 18 kg adult dog will have 2 tsp of dosage.

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