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Pharmaceutical calculations questions.

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# Question
1

How many grams of zinc oxide should be added to 3200 g of 5% zinc oxide ointment to prepare an ointment containing 20% of zinc oxide?


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2

How many grams of zinc oxide should be added to 3200 g of zinc oxide ointment containing 95% diluent to prepare an ointment containing 80% diluent?


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3

What is the percentage strength (v/v) of alcohol in a mixture of 3000 mL of 40% v/v alcohol, 1000mL of 60% v/v alcohol, and 1000 mL of 70% v/v alcohol? Assume no contraction of volume after mixing.


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4

What is the percentage of zinc oxide in an ointment prepared by mixing 200g of 10% ointment, 50g of 20% ointment, and 100g of 5% ointment?


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5

What is the percentage strength of alcohol in a mixture of 500 mL of a solution containing 40% v/v alcohol, 400 mL of a second solution containing 21% v/v alcohol, and a sufficient quantity of a nonalcoholic third solution to make a total of 1000 mL?


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6

In what proportion should alcohols of 95% and 50% strengths be mixed to make 70% alcohol?


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7

In what proportion should 20% benzocaine ointment be mixed with an ointment base to produce a 2.5% benzocaine ointment?


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8

A hospital pharmacist wants to use three lots of zinc oxide ointment containing, respectively, 50%, 20%, and 5% of zinc oxide. In what proportion should they be mixed to prepare a 10% zinc oxide ointment?


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9

In what proportions may a manufacturing pharmacist mix 20%, 15%, 5%, and 3% zinc oxide ointments to produce a 10% ointment?


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10

How many milliliters of 50% w/v dextrose solution and how many milliliters of 5% w/v dextrose solution are required to prepare 4500 mL of a 10% w/v solution?


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