Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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ISBN: 9781285741550
Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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A certain drug ingested by a patient is
initially 20 mg. After 10 hours, the amount
of the drug in the patient's body is 2 mg.
Use hour as the unit of time.
Express answers in 2 decimal places.
a. What is the decay constant, k?
=
b. How much drug will be in the patient's
body after 5 hours?
=
c. When will the amount of the drug in
the patient's body drop to 0.08 mg?
=
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Transcribed Image Text:A certain drug ingested by a patient is initially 20 mg. After 10 hours, the amount of the drug in the patient's body is 2 mg. Use hour as the unit of time. Express answers in 2 decimal places. a. What is the decay constant, k? = b. How much drug will be in the patient's body after 5 hours? = c. When will the amount of the drug in the patient's body drop to 0.08 mg? =
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