SOLUTION: Doctors use intravenous (IV) drips to deliver fluids and medications to patients. Suppose an IV drip starts with 870 mL of saline and dispenses fluid at a rate of 3 mL per minut

SOLUTION: Doctors use intravenous (IV) drips to deliver fluids and medications to patients. Suppose an IV drip starts with 870 mL of saline and dispenses fluid at a rate of 3 mL per minut

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Question 1202313: Doctors use intravenous (IV) drips to deliver fluids and medications to patients.
Suppose an IV drip starts with 870 mL of saline and dispenses fluid at a rate of 3 mL per minute.

Write an equation for this situation using F to represent the amount of fluid (saline solution) left in the IV drip in milliliters and t to represent the time in minutes.

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
F = 870-3*t
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