Medical Science Soon after an injection, the concentration D (in milligrams per milliliter) of a drug in a patient's bloodstream is 500 milligrams per milliliter. After 6 hours, 50 milligrams per milliliter of the drug remains in the bloodstream.
(a) Find an exponential model for the concentration D after t hours.
(b) What is the concentration of the drug after 4 hours?

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Answer:

a) [tex] D(t) = 500 e^{-0.3837641822t}[/tex]

b) For this case we just need to replace t=4 and see what we got:

[tex] D(t=4) =500 e^{-0.3837641822*4}= 107.721 \approx 102[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

For this case the proportional model is given by the following differential equation:

[tex] \frac{dD}{dt} =kD[/tex]

Where D is the concentration, t the time and k a proportional constant.

We can rewrite the differential equation like this:

[tex] \frac{dD}{D} =kdt[/tex]

And if we integrate both sides we got:

[tex] ln |D| = kt +c [/tex]

Part a

And if we apply exponentiation on both sides we got:

[tex] D(t) = e^{kt} e^c = e^{kt} D_o = D_o e^{kt} [/tex]

So then our model is given by:

[tex] D(t) = D_o e^{kt}[/tex]

Where [tex] D_o[/tex] is the initial amount for t =0.

For this case we have the initial condition assumed:

[tex] D(0) = 500[/tex]

So then our model is given by:

[tex] D(t) = 500 e^{kt}[/tex]

We have another condition given:

[tex] D=50 , t = 6[/tex]

[tex] 50 = 500 e^{6k}[/tex]

If we divide both sides by 500 we got:

[tex] \frac{1}{10} =e^{6k}[/tex]

And if we apply natutral log on both sides we got:

[tex] ln(\frac{1}{10}) = 6k[/tex]

[tex] k = \frac{\frac{1}{10}}{6}= -0.3837641822[/tex]

And our model then is given by:

[tex] D(t) = 500 e^{-0.3837641822t}[/tex]

Part b

For this case we just need to replace t=4 and see what we got:

[tex] D(t=4) =500 e^{-0.3837641822*4}= 107.721 \approx 102[/tex]