Hydrocodone bitartrate is used as a cough suppressant. After the drug is fully absorbed, the quantity of drug in the body decreases at a rate proportional to the amount left in the body, with constant of proportionality . Suppose that the half-life of hydrocodone bitartrate in the body is 3.6 hours, and that the oral dose taken is 10 mg.

(a) Write a differential equation for the quantity, , of hydrocodone bitartrate in the body at time , in hours, since the drug was fully absorbed.

(Write your answer in terms of and , e.g., .)

(b) Solve your differential equation, assuming that at the patient has just absorbed the full 10 mg dose of the drug.

(Your solution may include the constant of proporationality , but should not include any other unspecified constant.)

(c) Use the half-life to find the constant of proportionality, .

(d) How much of the 10 mg dose is still in the body after 12 hours?
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