An adult is prescribed 600 mg of a medication to be taken twice a day for five days. At the end of five days, how many grams of this medication has the patient taken?

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The patient is taking 600 mg of the medication twice a day, for a total of 1200 mg per day (600 mg x 2). Over the course of 5 days, the patient will have taken 6,000 mg (1200 mg x 5). To convert this to grams, we divide by 1000: 6,000 mg ÷ 1000 = 6 g. Therefore, the patient has taken 6 grams of the medication.

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