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You have been fostering baby kittens from a local animal shelter. They need flea and tick preventative medication. The package contains .0027 fluid ounces of medication and is for a 9 lb or larger cat. Your kittens only weigh 0.75 pounds. How much medication should they get?

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Answer:

  0.000625 fl oz

Step-by-step explanation:

We assume the dose is supposed to be proportional to weight.

  dose/(0.75 lb) = (0.0027 floz)/(9 lb)

Multiply by 0.75 lb:

  dose = (0.0027 floz)(0.75/9) = 0.000625 floz

The kittens should get 0.000625 fluid ounces of the medication.

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