A certain medicine is given in an amount proportional to a patient's body weight. Suppose a patient weighing 132 pounds requires 143 milligrams of medicine What is the amount of medicine required by a patient weighing 156 pounds? square milligrams

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Answer 1

### 93.23 milligrams

Answer 2

## Step1: Establish Proportionality Constant### Determine the constant of proportionality,

, using the given data:

required for

.

## Step2: Calculate Required Medicine### Use the proportionality constant

to calculate the medicine required for a patient weighing

.

## Step3: Simplify### Compute the simplified value:

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