A Person Receives a Drug Intravenously at the Rate of 3

question 7

Short Answer

A person receives a drug intravenously at the rate of 3 mg per hour. The drug is eliminated from the body at a rate proportional to the amount present with a constant of proportionality of k = -0.4. What is the long term amount of the drug in the body, once the system has stabilized?

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