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In these exercises, answer the questions by generating successive terms of the appropriate difference equation.
Caffeine Absorption After caffeine is absorbed into the body, 12% is eliminated from the body each hour. Assume that a person drinks an 8–oz cup of brewed coffee containing 130 mg of caffeine, and the caffeine is absorbed immediately into the body. Find the difference equation for
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