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kondor19780726 [428]
2 years ago
15

A certain prescription drug diminishes in the system at a rate of 25% per hour. If a person was administered 1450mg of the drug,

how much will remain in 4 hours? How many hours will it take for the amount of the drug in their system to be less than 5mg?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Helen [10]2 years ago
7 0

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Answer:

  • 459 mg
  • about 20 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

The decay factor is 1 -25% = 0.75 per hour, so the exponential equation can be written ...

  r(t) = 1450·0.75^t . . . . . milligrams remaining after t hours

__

a) After 4 hours, the amount remaining is ...

  r(4) = 1450·0.75^4 ≈ 458.79 . . . mg

About 459 mg will remain after 4 hours.

__

b) To find the time it takes before the amount remaining is less than 5 mg, we need to solve ...

  r(t) < 5

  1450·0.75^t < 5 . . . . use the function definition

  0.75^t < 5/1450 . . . . divide by 1450

  t·log(0.75) < log(1/290) . . . . . take logarithms (reduce fraction)

  t > log(1/290)/log(0.75) . . . . . divide by the (negative) coefficient of t

  t > 19.708

It will take about 20 hours for the amount of the drug remaining to be less than 5 mg.

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