Question

Question: NURSING

Determine the IV flow rate for the patient described at the beginning of the lesson by finding the value of$\frac{1500\times 15}{12\times 60}$

Short answer

IV flow rate of the patient is $31.25$

Step-by-step solution

- Order for simplification 

To evaluate any expression involving more than one operation, follow the below order of operations:

• First evaluate expressions inside grouping symbols like parentheses ( ) or brackets [ ].
• Evaluate the exponents.
• Perform Multiplication and division from left to right.
• Perform addition and subtraction from left to right.

- Simplify numerator and denominator

To evaluate the value of the given expression, first simplify the expression of numerator and denominator as shown below

$\frac{1500\times 15}{12\times 60}=\frac{22500}{720}$

- Divide 22500 by 720

Now, to simplify further divide the numbers to get

$\frac{22500}{720}=31.25$

Thus, IV flow rate of the patient is $31.25$