The amount of a certain medicine active in a patient's system t hours after it is
administered is given by the function A(t) = 500(0.96), where A(t) is measured in
milligrams (mg).
Make sure you answer A B and C
A. How many milligrams of the medicine was the patient initially given? Show your work
or explain your answer.
B. Determine whether the function Alt) represents exponential growth or exponential
decay. Then determine the percentage rate of change per hour in the amount of the
medicine present in a patient's system. Explain your answer.
C. Determine the number of milligrams (to the hundredths) of the medicine in a patient's
system at the end of 5 hours after the medicine was administered. Show your work.