[Expert Solution]: You are processing orders for Billy Overton…

You are processing orders for Billy Overton (89 kg; 70 inches), who will receive Paclitaxel 100 mg/m2 over 3 hours every 3 weeks for treatment of Kaposi Sarcoma. You find that you must dilute his dose to a final volume of 0.4 mg/ml in an empty sterile IV CADD device using NS. Your inventory includes paclitaxel 100 mg/16.7 ml vials and NS 50 ml vials. Using the DuBois DuBois equation, how many milliliters of NS do you need to compound to the desired concentration? Answer to the tenths place.