Scenario: you have a very bad headache so you run to the pharmacy to grab some medicine and are immediately over-whelmed with your options. You don’t have any allergies or sensitivities to any of the over the counter headache medicines so you decide to buy the cheapest option.
Availability: Excedrin is available as a 200 caplet bottle for $15.51 and each caplet contains 250-mg of acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Excedrin). Advil is available as a 300 tablet bottle for $15.00 and each tablet contains 200-mg of ibuprofen (the active ingredient in Advil). Tylenol is available as a 225 pill bottle for $14.97 and each pill contains 500 mg of paracetamol (the active ingredient in Tylenol).
Dosage Information: Paracetamol is dosed at 102 mg per 15 pounds of body mass. Ibuprofen is dosed at 113 mg per 25 pounds of body mass. Acetaminophen is dosed as 240 mg per 35 pounds of body mass.
Goal: Calculate the cheapest option to “cure” a headache.
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