A 125 mg dose of a drug is given at 6:00 AM. If the drug has a half life of 4.4 hours in the human blood stream find the following. a) How much of the drug is in the blood stream at 8:00 AM? b) How much of the drug is in the bloodstream at 8:00 PM?

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A 125 mg dose of a drug is given at 6:00 AM. If the drug has a half life of 4.4 hours in the human blood stream find the following. a) How much of the drug is in the blood stream at 8:00 AM? b) How much of the drug is in the bloodstream at 8:00 PM?
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