Given, The dose of a drug is 15 mg/m2 bid for 1 week. The BSA of a child who is 48 in. tall and weighs 78 Ibs. is ------ m2, and the amount of drug required for daily therapy is - mg. (express answers as whole numbers or with two decimal places only)

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Given, The dose of a drug is 15 mg/m2 bid for 1 week. The BSA of a child who is 48 in. tall and weighs 78 Ibs. is ------ m2, and the amount of drug required for daily therapy is - mg. (express answers as whole numbers or with two decimal places only)

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