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A patient started with a 1 liter bag of IV solution. When the doctor checked in on the patient, the bag contained 0.24 liters of the solution. How much solution had been infused into the patient?

Sagot :

Given,

The quantity of solution intially is 1 litre.

The quantity of solution left after infusion is 0.24 litre.

The quantity of solution had been infused into the patient is,

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Solution infused tothe patient = total solution -left solution} \\ =1\text{ litre-0.24 litre} \\ =0.76\text{ litre} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence, the quantity of solution had been infused into the patient is 0.74