The milligrams of aspirin in a persons body is given by the equation a=500x(3/4)t, where t is the number of hours since the pati

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The milligrams of aspirin in a persons body is given by the equation a=500x(3/4)t, where t is the number of hours since the pati

ent took the medicine.
A. how much aspirin will bein the patients body after two hours?
B. in the equation, about what does the 500 tell us the situation
C. in the equation, what does the 3/4 tells us about the situation.

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lions [1.4K] · Answer 1 · 2023-09-16T02:06:01+03:00

The amount of aspirin that would be in the patient's body is; 281.25.

<h3>What is the amount of aspirin in the patient's body after 2 hours?</h3>

A) The amount of aspirin in the patient's body after 2 hours can be evaluated as follows;

a = 500×(3/4)² = 4500/16 = 281.25.

B) The number 500 as used in the equation represents the amount of aspirin in the patient's body prior to taking the medicine, at time, t= 0.

C) The fraction 3/4 as used in the task content is the factor of change in aspirin content in the patient's body.