A drug is administered intravenously at a constant rate of mg/hour and is excreted at a rate proportional to the quantity present, with constant of proportionality .

(a) Set up a differential equation for the quantity, , in milligrams, of the drug in the body at time hours. Your answer will contain the unknown constants and .


(b) Solve this differential equation, assuming there is no drug in the body initially. Your answer will contain and .


(c) What is the limiting long-run value of ?

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