If a doctor prescribes 1000 milligrams of acetaminophen for an adult, then how many milligrams would she prescribe for a six-year-old child using Cowling’s rule?

Cowling’s rule. Cowling’s rule is another function for determining the child’s dosage of a drug. For this rule, the formula

d = D(a+1)

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(expresses the child’s dosage d as a function of the adult dosage D and the child’s age a.)

a) If a doctor prescribes 1000 milligrams of acetaminophen for an adult, then how many milligrams would she prescribe for a six-year-old child using Cowling’s rule?