If you take 500 mg dose of aspirin, the amount of aspirin in a person's system decreases by about 30% per hour. Exactly how much aspirin is left in your system after 5 hours? Show how you arrived at your answer. After how many full hours will the aspirin be less than 1 mg? Show how you arrived at your answer.

If you take 500 mg dose of aspirin, the amount of aspirin in a person's system decreases by about 30% per hour. Exactly how much aspirin is left in your system after 5 hours? Show how you arrived at your answer. After how many full hours will the aspirin be less than 1 mg? Show how you arrived at your answer.

College Algebra

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter4: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 13T

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