Hello I'm having trouble with this problem  The physician prescribes 500 mg of amoxicillin twice daily for 10 days for strep throat. You have 250 mg tablets.  How many tablets do you give per dose? I had arrived at the answer 2 tablets. But the part where it says per dose I wonder if I only completed half of the problem

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  1. The physician prescribes 500 mg of amoxicillin twice daily for 10 days for strep throat. You have 250 mg tablets.  How many tablets do you give per dose?

I had arrived at the answer 2 tablets. But the part where it says per dose I wonder if I only completed half of the problem

 

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