a doctor prescribed 18 cubic centimeters of a certain drug to a patient whose body weight was 120 pounds . if the typical dosage is 2 cubic centimeters per 10 pounds of the body weight , by what percent was the prescribed dosage lesser than the typical dosage ?
typical dosage per 10 pound of the body weight = 2 c . c typical dosage per 120 pound of the body weight = 2 * ( 120 / 10 ) = 2 * 12 = 24 c . c dosage prescribed by doctor for 120 pound patient = 18 c . c % prescribed dosage greater than the typical dosage = ( 18 - 24 / 16 ) * 100 % = ( - 6 / 16 ) * 100 % = - 37.5 % answer b
multiply(divide(subtract(multiply(divide(2, 10), 120), 18), multiply(divide(2, 10), 120)), const_100)