Question

During a cholera epidemic an NGO decided to distribute free medicines to all the affected people. If each person has to take 3 tablets a day for two weeks, how many tablets should be ordered for 10,856 patients? If the NGO has 9870 tablets in reserve, how many patients can be treated?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

If each person has to take 3 tablets a day for two weeks,

then each person will have to take 3×14= 42 tablets

if each person takes 42 tablets then 10,856 patients will take: 42×10,856=455952 medicines

If the NGO has 9870 tablets in reserve, then no. of patient can be treated are:      9870/42= 235