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 .
(Set up and) Solve a differential equation for the quantity, ,
in milligrams, of the drug in the body at time hours. Assume
there is no drug in the body initially. Your answer will contain and .
Graph against . What is ,
the limiting long-run value of ?
If is doubled (to ), by what multiplicative factor is
increased?
(for ) = (for )
Similarly, if is doubled (to ), by what multiplicative
factor is the time it takes to reach half the limiting value,
, changed?
(to ), for ) =
(to ), for )
If is doubled (that is, we use instead of ), by
what multiplicative factor is increased?
(for ) = (for )
On the time to reach ?
(to ), for ) =
(to ), for )
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