Given:
a.) Daryl was prescribed 14 antibiotic tablets for an infection.
b.) The directions on the prescription bottle say to take one tablet a day for 14 days.
c.) There are 8 tablets left in the bottle.
For us to be able to determine what fraction of the prescription has Daryl taken, we will be using the following formula:
[tex]\text{ Fraction taken = }\frac{\text{ Total number of tablets - No. of tablets remaining}}{\text{ Total number of tablets}}[/tex]We get,
[tex]\text{ = }\frac{14\text{ - 8}}{14}\text{ = }\frac{6}{14}[/tex][tex]\text{ Fraction taken = }\frac{3}{7}[/tex]Therefore, Daryl has already taken 3/7 of the prescription.
