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Homework Statement
The rate at which a particular drug is absorbed by the body is proportional to the amount of the drug present (D) at any time t. If 50mL is initially administered to a patient and 50% remains after 4 hours, find
A) D as a function of t.
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm confused as we have to make D=the amount present (not yet absorbed)
This means that it would be:
d(50-D)/dt [tex]\alpha[/tex] D
Is this correct, in that the rate of absorption is Amount absorbed/time, so 50mL-D = amount absorbed?
By doing this, I integrate and just get Ae^kt = D