SOLUTION: The half-life of aspirin in a person's bloodstream is about 15 minutes. If a person's bloodstream contains 256 milligram of aspirin, how much of that aspirin will remain after 105
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Question 852386: The half-life of aspirin in a person's bloodstream is about 15 minutes. If a person's bloodstream contains 256 milligram of aspirin, how much of that aspirin will remain after 105 minutes?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A general model can be , y=amount after time t, and p = initial amount, t is time in minutes.
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Separately solve for k, and for t.
, and use this with the given half-life information to get the k value;
, and use this to .... No, you will not need this;
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The more specific model you have now is:
, and you now have the appropriate information formed to get the value of k.
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You should have found .
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