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Consider a drug that is taken in 40 mg doses daily. Suppose that
the first dose is taken when and that is measured in
hours. A.If the half-life of the drug is 6.5 hours, what fraction of the drug
remains in the patient after 24 hours?
fraction = B.Write a general expression for the amount of the drug in the patient
immediately after taking the th dose of the drug.
C.Write a general expression for the amount of the drug in the patient
immediately before taking the th dose of the drug (for this we
only consider ).
D.What is the long-term minimum amount of drug in the patient?
Long-term minimum = mg
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