The patient is a 5-year-old boy who presents having ingested an entire bottle of acetaminophen 2 hours ago. The provider has prescribed acetylcysteine 150 mg/kg intravenously in 3ml/kg D5W. The patient weighs 35 pounds. How many grams of acetylcysteine in how many milliliters of D5W does the nurse administer to this patient? Input your answer to the nearest tenth decimal place in this exact format (X.X g in XX.X mL).
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