To determine how many doses can be obtained from 50 mL of the medication, given that a single dose is 1 teaspoon (tsp), we need to use the conversion factor between teaspoons and milliliters.
1 teaspoon is equivalent to 5 milliliters (mL).
Given:
- 1 dose = 1 tsp
- 1 tsp = 5 mL
- Total medication available = 50 mL
First, we need to figure out how many 5 mL portions are in 50 mL. This can be done by dividing the total volume of the medication by the volume of one dose:
[tex]\[ \text{Number of doses} = \frac{\text{Total volume in mL}}{\text{Volume of one dose in mL}} \][/tex]
Substitute the values we have:
[tex]\[ \text{Number of doses} = \frac{50 \text{ mL}}{5 \text{ mL}} \][/tex]
This simplifies to:
[tex]\[ \text{Number of doses} = 10 \][/tex]
Thus, 10 doses of medication can be obtained from 50 mL of the medication.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
4) 10 doses
