SOLUTION: PLEASE Help. Doctors order IV fluids that have to be adjusted. The formula is D = V/4T. D is drip rate is drops per minute. V is the volume in cc. T is amount of time to be g

Question 729494: PLEASE Help.
Doctors order IV fluids that have to be adjusted. The formula is D = V/4T.
D is drip rate is drops per minute. V is the volume in cc. T is amount of time to be given in hours.
A.volume will be 1000cc. Rewrite the equation to determine the drip rate for various times T
B. burn victim may require faster rate and others may require slower. Make a table for 3 hour to 24 hours.
C. Make a graph from the table.
Thank you so much for your help.

Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
assumes 15 drops per cc, but you do not need to know that.

A. so which simplifies to

B. We just plug the value for T into the formula and find D.
For example, for we calculate .
For we calculate .
Most values for D will not be whole numbers, so I guess you would round to the nearest whole number.
For = 83.333.... = about 83.
For , which I would round up to 63.
My table would be:

C. The graph would look like this:

You would first plot your data points (grid paper would help):
Then you would draw a smooth line that would agree with the the points.
If you had a graphing calculator or some graphing software, you could make it look better, but for practical purposes the table would be enough.
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