document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1158943>Question 1158943</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You go to the doctor and he gives you 13 milligrams of radioactive dye. After 24 minutes, 6.5 milligrams of dye remain in your system. To leave the doctor's office, you must pass through a radiation detector without sounding the alarm.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the detector will sound the alarm if more than 2 milligrams of the dye are in your system, how long will your visit to the doctor take, assuming you were given the dye as soon as you arrived?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #781925 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=781925\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6.5=13e%5E%28k%2A24%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6.5=13e%5E%28k%2A24%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, using continuous exponential decay model\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 2 milligrams, how much time, x?<BR>\n" );
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