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Mathematics SL Portfolio Type II Modeling the amount of drug in a bloodstream November 30, 2007 The use of math in life is extremely beneficial; one can know or at least predict what to expect, why to expect it and how to find it. An example of an application of math in life would be medicine; doctors can calculate how much medicine to prescribe and how long it lasts or how long it takes for it to decay, therefore, how often should the patient take it. In a case for treating Malaria, an initial does of 10 milligrams (µg) of a drug was given and an observation for a total period of 10 hours was done, the amount of drug was measured every half an hour, the results were plotted on the following graph(figure 1): As can be seen, this graph shows the rate of the breakdown of the drug in the blood...

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