Refer to Exercise 59. If the patient’s body eliminates the drug at the rate of 2 mL per hour, find an expression for the amount of the drug in the body x minutes from the start of the infusion.

Exercise 59

A drug is administered to a patient through an IV (intravenous) injection at the rate of 6 milliliters (mL) per minute. Assuming that the patient’s body already contained 1.5 mL of this drug at the beginning of the infusion, find an expression for the amount of the drug in the body x minutes from the start of the infusion.