document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=808481>Question 808481</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a dye is injected into the pancreas during a certain medical procedure. a physician injects 0.3 grams of the dye, and a healthy pancreas will secrete 4% of the dye each minute. predict the amount of dye remaining, to the nearest hundredth of a gram, in a healthy pancreas 30 minutes of the injection </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #487034 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=487034\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This might best be understood as exponential decay, so that 4% of the REMAINING DYE is \"secreted\" every minute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Amount remaining after every minute is the portion, 1-0.04=0.96  or 96%.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Initially 0.3 grams dye.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 minute--------------------<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.3%280.96%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.3%280.96%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > grams remaining<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 minutes-------------------<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.3%280.96%29%280.96%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.3%280.96%29%280.96%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n minutes------------------<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.3%280.96%29%5En ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.3%280.96%29%5En\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can say Q remaining dye after n minutes, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Q=0.3%280.96%29%5En ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Q=0.3%280.96%29%5En\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where n is how many minutes have passed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, you just want to evaluate Q when n=30. </SPAN>\n" );
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