A 50 mg dose of quinine is given to a patient to prevent malaria. Quinine leaves the

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A 50 mg dose of quinine is given to a patient to prevent malaria. Quinine leaves the body at a rate of 6% per hour.

(a) Find a formula for the amount, A (in mg), of quinine in the body t hours after the dose is given. 

(b) How much quinine is in the body after 24 hours? 

(c) Graph A as a function of t. 

(d) Use the graph to estimate when 5 mg of quinine remains.

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Applied Calculus

ISBN: 9781119275565

6th Edition

Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, Sheldon P. Gordon, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Andrew Pasquale

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