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-A physician prescribes 5 grams of an antibiotic per day. How many $500 \mathrm{mg}$ tablets would have to be taken in order to achieve this daily dosage?
A) 1 tablets
B) 2.5 tablets
C) 10 tablets
D) 25 tablets

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1 gram is equal to 1000 milligrams (mg), so 5 grams is equal to 5000 mg. Since each tablet is 500 mg, to achieve a daily dosage of 5000 mg, the patient would need to take 5000 mg / 500 mg/tablet = 10 tablets.

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