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11mg of cyanide per kilogram of body weight is lethal for 50% of domestic chickens. If a chicken weighs 3kg, how many grams of cyanide would it need to ingest to kill 50% of domestic chickens?

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Answer:

[tex]0.033g[/tex]

Explanation:

Hello,

In this case, since 11 mg per kilogram of body weight has the given lethality, the mg that turn out lethal for a chicken weighting 3 kg is computed by using a rule of three:

[tex]11mg\longrightarrow 1kg\\\\?\ \ \ \ \ \ \longrightarrow 3kg[/tex]

Thus, we obtain:

[tex]?=\frac{3kg*11mg}{1kg}\\ \\?=33mg[/tex]

That in grams is:

[tex]=33mg*\frac{1g}{1000mg} \\\\=0.033g[/tex]

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