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 15 mg. About 33.1% of the morphine in a patient's body is metabolized and leaves the body each hour. How much morphine will be left after 2.6 hours (rounded to the nearest hundredth) ?

• A) 0.35
• B) 0.85
• C) 5.27
• D) 0.67
• E) 10.04

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