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What is the weight of 1000 ml of serum protein whose specific gravity is 1.27?
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Serum chloride levels should ideally fall between 96-106 mEq/L. For this reason, the patient's chloride level has come back as normal.
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Leota
10 months ago
Yup, specific gravity makes it clear!
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Alverta
11 months ago
1.27 gm seems way too low for serum protein.
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Lawanda
11 months ago
Wait, how can 1000 ml weigh that much?
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Mertie
11 months ago
Totally agree, that's the correct answer!
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Brice
11 months ago
It's 1270 gm, right?
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Serina
12 months ago
I feel like I might confuse the units. I remember something about converting between mg and gm, but I think this question is straightforward with just grams.
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Danilo
12 months ago
I practiced a similar question where we had to calculate the weight of a liquid based on its specific gravity. I think the answer was always in grams, so I’m leaning towards 1270 gm.
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Desire
12 months ago
I’m a bit unsure about the units here. Is it 1.27 times 1000 ml directly? That seems like it would give me grams, but I hope I’m not missing something.
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Elfriede
1 year ago
I remember that specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of a substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. So, I think I need to multiply the specific gravity by the volume in ml.
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Sue
1 year ago
Okay, I think I see it now. The key is recognizing that specific gravity is a unitless ratio, so we can just multiply the volume by the specific gravity to get the weight in the same units as the volume, which is grams. Simple enough!
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Dalene
1 year ago
Alright, I got this. The specific gravity of 1.27 means the serum protein is 1.27 times denser than water. So if 1 ml of water weighs 1 gram, then 1 ml of this serum protein would weigh 1.27 grams. And since there's 1000 ml, the total weight would be 1.27 x 1000 = 1270 grams.
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Mindy
1 year ago
Wait, I'm a little confused. Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance, usually water. So how do I use that to calculate the weight? I'm not sure I'm understanding this correctly.
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Glory
1 year ago
Hmm, this seems straightforward enough. I just need to plug in the values and do the calculation. Let me see... 1000 ml x 1.27 = 1270 gm. I think that's the right answer.
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Pilar
1 year ago
Okay, let's think this through step-by-step. The question gives us the volume of the serum protein as 1000 ml and the specific gravity as 1.27. To find the weight, we need to use the formula: weight = volume x specific gravity.
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Wilda
1 year ago
I'd like to see the person who can lift 1270 grams of serum protein. That's gotta be some serious bodybuilding right there!
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Annelle
1 year ago
1270 grams? Are you kidding me? That's like, a whole ton of serum protein. I'm gonna go with E) 1.27 grams, because that sounds a little more reasonable.
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Aimee
1 year ago
I agree, E) 1.27gm sounds more reasonable than 1270 gm.
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Aileen
1 year ago
No way, that's way too much! I'm going with E) 1.27gm.
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Iola
1 year ago
I think the weight of 1000 ml of serum protein with a specific gravity of 1.27 is 1270 gm.
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Frederick
1 year ago
Okay, so we've got a specific gravity of 1.27, and we need to figure out the weight of 1000 ml. Wait, isn't that just the volume? I'm gonna go with B) 127 mg, just to be safe.
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Demetra
1 year ago
User 3: I agree with Demetra, 127mg sounds right.
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Regenia
1 year ago
User 2: I'm not sure about that, I'll go with B) 127mg.
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Hannah
1 year ago
User 1: I think the weight is 1270 gm.
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Claudio
1 year ago
I'm going to go with D) 12.7 grams. That specific gravity has gotta mean something, and it's definitely not milligrams. Gotta use that brain power, you know?
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Trinidad
1 year ago
I'm going to go with D) 12.7 grams. That specific gravity has gotta mean something, and it's definitely not milligrams. Gotta use that brain power, you know?
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Gwenn
1 year ago
I'm not sure about that, I'm leaning towards C) 12.7mg.
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Suzi
1 year ago
I agree with you, A) 1270 gm seems like the correct answer based on the specific gravity.
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Glenna
1 year ago
I think the answer is A) 1270 gm.
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Ivette
1 year ago
I think it's A) 1270 gm. The specific gravity is 1.27, so it makes sense.
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Reid
1 year ago
Hmm, let's see... 1000 ml of serum protein with a specific gravity of 1.27. That's gotta be 1270 grams, right? Easy peasy!
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Roosevelt
1 year ago
I agree with Shantell, A) 1270 gm makes sense based on the specific gravity given.
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Shantell
2 years ago
I think the answer is A) 1270 gm because specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance.
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Martina
2 years ago
What is the weight of 1000 ml of serum protein whose specific gravity is 1.27?