A patient is given a 90 ml bottle of antibiotics and instructed to take one teaspoon, twice a day. How many days will the medicine last?  {1 teaspoon = 5 ml}

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A patient is given a 90 ml bottle of antibiotics and instructed to take one teaspoon, twice a day.

How many days will the medicine last?  {1 teaspoon = 5 ml}

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1 teaspoon = 5 ml

In a day patient need to take two teaspoon that means in a day  he is using 5×2 = 10ml per day 

Antibiotic bottle contains =90ml

Number of days will the medicine last= 90/10

= 9days

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