calculate the number of grams that would provide the LD50 fo
calculate the number of grams that would provide the LD50 for a 185-lb person for each of the following:
table salt, 3300
sodium cyanide,6
aspirin, 1100
Solution
185 Ib- 84 Kg
Taking the above values (in question)
table salt, 3300; sodium cyanide,6; aspirin, 1100 as mg/kg of body weight as a lethal 50 dose,
therefore,
Table salt----3300 mg * 84 kg = 277200 mg = 277.2grams
Sodium cyanide-----6 mg * 84 kg = 504 mg = 0.5 gram
Aspirin------1100 * 84 kg = 92400mg = 92.4grams
