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Writing Exponential Functions from Scenarios A patient is given a 50 mg dose of medicine. The medicine's effectiveness decreases every hour at a constant rate of 40%. What is the exponential decay function that models this scenario? How much medicine will be left in the patient's system after 2 hours?

A. f(x) = 50(0.40)x; 8 mg
B. f(x) = 50(0.60)x; 18 mg
C. f(x) = 50(40)x; 80,000 mg
D. f(x) = 50(60)x; 180,000 mg

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Answer:

The answer is B - f(x) = 50(0.60)x; 18 mg

Explanation:

User Robert Messerle
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Wouldn't your answer be A because it is 40% which is 0.4 as a decimal?
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