EXPLANATION
The average weight of an adult is 136 pounds.
If the adult dosage of a medication is 15mg per day, we can get the pediatric medication by applying the unitary method as shown as follows:
[tex]\frac{15}{136}=\frac{x}{52}[/tex]Isolating x:
[tex]52\cdot\frac{15}{136}=x[/tex]Multiplying numbers:
[tex]\frac{780}{136}=x[/tex]Simplifying:
[tex]\frac{195}{34}=x[/tex]Switching sides:
[tex]x=\frac{195}{34}=5.73[/tex]Answer: the pediatric dosage is 5.73 mg/day.
