Morphine Is Administered to a Patient Intravenously with an Initial

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Multiple Choice

Morphine is administered to a patient intravenously with an initial amount of 13 mg. About 32.8% of the morphine in a patient's body is metabolized and leaves the body each hour. What is the 4-hour decay factor for the amount of morphine remaining in the body (rounded to the nearest thousandth) ?

• A) 2.651
• B) 0.012
• C) 8.736
• D) 0.204
• E) 0.150

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