LESSON ASSIGNMENT
Pharmaceutical Calculations II.
LESSON 2
Paragraphs 2-1 through 2-14.
TEXT ASSIGNMENT
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
LESSON OBJECTIVES
2-1. Solve pharmaceutical problems involving
specific gravity.
2-2. Solve pharmaceutical calculation problems
involving percentage strengths and ratio strengths.
2-3. Calculate the amount of a higher strength stock
preparation required to prepare a specified amount
of a lesser strength product.
2-4. Calculate the amount of diluent to be combined
with a given amount of stock preparation to make a
product of a lesser strength.
2-5. Calculate the amounts of two stock
preparations required to prepare a specified volume
of a stated intermediate strength preparation when
given the strengths of the two stock preparations.
After studying the assignment, complete the
SUGGESTION
exercises at the end of this lesson. These exercises
will help you to achieve the lesson objectives.
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