A box has 5 strips, each with 12 capsules of 500 mg medicine. Find the total weight of medicine in grams in 32 such boxes.
\(960\text{ g}\)
Detailed steps (very simple):
Capsules in one strip: (12).
Strips in one box: (5).
Capsules in one box:
(5 imes 12 = 60).
Mass of one capsule: (500 ext{mg}).
Mass of one box in mg:
(60 imes 500 = 30{,}000 ext{mg}).
Convert mg to g:
(1000 ext{mg} = 1 ext{g})
(30{,}000 ext{mg} div 1000 = 30 ext{g}).
We have (32) boxes.
Total mass for (32) boxes:
(32 imes 30 ext{g} = 960 ext{g}).
Answer: (960 ext{g}).