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Imagine a medieval world. In this world a Queen wants to poison a King, who has a wine keg with
Find a formula for the amount of poison in the keg at any time, measured from the start of the pouring by the poisoner.
A plot is hatched for the King to drink wine from the keg while he is on a hunt, where he will become so addled that his prey will surely kill him. The poisoner must pour for a time
The Lord High Inquisitor of the Realm never learned about differential equations. Nonetheless, knowing the basic numbers (keg size, poison concentration, etc.), he can produce an estimate for the time
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