Use the table feature on a graphing calculator or a spreadsheet to develop a table that shows how much of the drug is present in a patient’s system at the end of each 1/2-hour time interval for 10 hours for the model found in Exercise 3. Are your results surprising?

Data from Exercise 3:

A drug with a half-life of 9 hours is found to be effective when the amount of drug in the bloodstream is 250 mg. A 250-mg loading dose is given by rapid injection followed by an IV infusion. What should the rate of infusion be to maintain this level of drug in the bloodstream?