# Linus Pauling (Recipient of two noble prizes one for chemistry and another for peace)Wrote a book, “Vitamin C and the common cold”,  which propose that large doses of vitamin C can cure the common cold. One commercial over-the-counter product consist of 500.5 MG tablets that are 20.0% by mass vitamin C. How many of these tablets are needed for a 1.0 g dose of vitamin C? Each 500. Zero MG tablet cost two cents. If you can’t take a 1000. Zero MG tablet of pro vitamin C for $.13 a tablet, which would be more cost efficient ? Question Linus Pauling (Recipient of two noble prizes one for chemistry and another for peace)Wrote a book, “Vitamin C and the common cold”, which propose that large doses of vitamin C can cure the common cold. One commercial over-the-counter product consist of 500.5 MG tablets that are 20.0% by mass vitamin C. How many of these tablets are needed for a 1.0 g dose of vitamin C? Each 500. Zero MG tablet cost two cents. If you can’t take a 1000. Zero MG tablet of pro vitamin C for$.13 a tablet, which would be more cost efficient ?

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