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3. Percent, Ratio, mg/mL, PPM, PPB 3.4) PPM and PPB 3.4.1) PPM, PPB - General
3.4.1.1) Drug weight from PPM and total Weight Hard 1
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The strength of a medication is expressed as 86.9 PPM. How many milligrams of the drug will 34.5 kilogram of this product contain?
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lb equals 2998.05 mg kg
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86.9 PPM means, there is 86.9 g of drug in each 1,000,000 g of the mixture.
34.5 kilogram means 34500 grams. Therefore, we can write:
`(86.9 \quad g)/(1,000,000\quad g)=x/(34500\quad g) therefore x = 2.99805` g.
Now, this g unit has to be converted to mg.
`(1000\quad mg)/(1\quad g)= y/(2.99805\quadg) therefore y = 2998.05` mg Ans.