document.write( "Question 410683: During surgery, a patient must have at least 40mg of antibiotic in his system. The amount of antibiotic present k hours after being given 100mg of this antibiotic is shown by y=100(.508)^k. After 1.3 hours, find the number of milligrams of antibiotic remaining in the patients system. (Round your answer to the nearest tenth) \r
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document.write( " y=100(.508)^k 
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document.write( "where y is The amount of antibiotic present k hours after being given 100mg of
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document.write( " After 1.3 hrs...
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document.write( " y = 100(.508)^1.3
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document.write( " y =  41.5 mg remaining after 1.3hrs  (y rounded to the nearest tenth) \n" );
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