• GiveMemes@jlai.lu
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    15 days ago

    You might’ve already seen this, but try using the method of dimensional analysis where you work backwards on a single line and you’ll never get one of those problems wrong again.

    The key is just working backwards by units using the equations you have available. I know somebody that only got one of the questions on his MCAT correct bc he used this method lol.

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      15 days ago

      I use dimensional analysis, but it’s over two lines… and not sure what you mean by working backwards, since the order doesn’t really matter so long as every value is in the correct line.

      Since typing it out would be ugly as sin, example image stolen from google:

      …they like to give us things like pt weight in lbs and oz, and ask for final product of tablespoons or some shit cuz they enjoy wasting our time, lol.

      That the type you mean?

      I know there are a few different ways to crunch the numbers, but DA is my favorite so far cuz it’s so consistent.

      *edit, example pic changed, first one put mcg twice in the same line, which is a weird move. /shrug

      • oldfart@lemm.ee
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        15 days ago

        So USAnian drugs are in metric units? I hope in actual work nurses get to use a phone app or something because this asks for mistakes

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          15 days ago

          Even in the US, science is mostly metric. But most US people are not exactly the scientific kind…

          • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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            15 days ago

            Modern science is, but there’s plenty of old journals from the 80s and earlier that use degrees Rankine and gallons.