Melissa took a 400 mg dose of antibiotics. Her doctor said that the amount of medicine in her bloodstream would change by −24% every 3 hours. Select the formula for the function f that models the amount of medicine in Melissa's bloodstream (in mg) in terms of the number of hours, t, since she took the dose. A) f(t)=400⋅0.76t3f(t)=400⋅0.76t3 B) f(t)=400⋅0.763tf(t)=400⋅0.763t C) f(t)=400⋅0.243tf(t)=400⋅0.243t D) f(t)=400⋅0.76tf(t)=400⋅0.76t E) f(t)=400⋅0.24t3

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Melissa took a 400 mg dose of antibiotics. Her doctor said that the amount of medicine in her bloodstream would change by −24% every 3 hours.

Select the formula for the function f that models the amount of medicine in Melissa's bloodstream (in mg) in terms of the number of hours, t, since she took the dose.

 

A) f(t)=400⋅0.76t3f(t)=400⋅0.76t3

B) f(t)=400⋅0.763tf(t)=400⋅0.763t

C) f(t)=400⋅0.243tf(t)=400⋅0.243t

D) f(t)=400⋅0.76tf(t)=400⋅0.76t

E) f(t)=400⋅0.24t3

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