A hospital pharmacy charges $0.40 per fluidram of a certain medicine but allows a discount of 15 percent to Medicare patients. How much should the pharmacy charge a Medicare patient for 3 fluidounces of the medicine?(128 fluidrams = 16 fluidounces)
(A) $9.60
(B) $8.16
(C) $3.20
(D) $2.72
(E) $1.02
Thanks a Lot “AL” for the solution…
B
16 fluidonces= 128 fluidgrams
1 fluidonces= 8 fluidgrams
3 fluidonces= 24 fluidgrams
COst = 9.6
discount =15% since option B is closest to
9.6 and 15% means a very small discount..
B is the answer..
we can also calculate
B