LIFE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
Alcohol Concentration The polynomial function
gives the approximate blood alcohol concentration in a
a. Graph
b. Using the graph from part a, estimate the time of maximum alcohol concentration.
c. In many states, a person is legally drunk if the blood alcohol concentration exceeds
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