document.write( "Question 1140026: When Emily went to the emergency room, the doctors gave her a dose of blood coagulant, which is just a type of drug that helps blood clot. If the doctors originally gave Emily 4 milligrams of the drug and expect the amount in her bloodstream to decrease by 45% each hour, how many milligrams of the drug will be in her bloodstream after 6 hours? Round your answer to two decimal places.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #760479 by josgarithmetic(39630) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "TIME, hours         AMOUNT, mg\r\n" );
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document.write( "0                     4\r\n" );
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document.write( "1                    0.55*4=2.2\r\n" );
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document.write( "2                   0.55*2.2=1.21\r\n" );
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document.write( "3                  0.55*1.21=0.6655\r\n" );
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document.write( "4                  0.55*0.6655=0.366025\r\n" );
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document.write( "5                  0.55*0.366025=0.20131375\r\n" );
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document.write( "6                  0.55*0.20131375=0.1107226\r\n" );
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