When medicine is administered, reaction (measured in change of blood pressure or temperature) can be modeled by R = m2(c/2-m/3) where c is a positive constant and m is the amount of medicine absorbed into the blood.† The sensitivity to the medication is defined to be the rate of change of reaction R with respect to the amount of medicine m absorbed in the blood. (a) Find the sensitivity. (b) Find the instantaneous rate of change of sensitivity with respect to the amount of medicine absorbed in the blood.

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When medicine is administered, reaction (measured in change of blood pressure or temperature) can be modeled by

R = m2(c/2-m/3)

where c is a positive constant and m is the amount of medicine absorbed into the blood.† The sensitivity to the medication is defined to be the rate of change of reaction R with respect to the amount of medicine m absorbed in the blood.

(a) Find the sensitivity.

(b) Find the instantaneous rate of change of sensitivity with respect to the amount of medicine absorbed in the blood.
 
 
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