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IB Math SL: Modeling the amount of a drug in the bloodstream

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IB SL I 4/19/07 Modeling the amount of a drug in the bloodstream Description of task The graph below records the amt of a drug for treating malaria in the bloodstream over 10 hrs following an initial dose of 10 micrograms. Student must find a suitable function to model the data given and compare and analyze the student's model to the given data. Finally, interpret the data by stating limitation and modification for the model and how the model can be applied to real life situations. Original Data Given: Part A Find a suitable function for your graph and comment on it. MODEL A MODEL A A1. This model demonstrates the exponential decay relationship between the time in hours and the amount of drug left in the bloodstream. According to the model data, the amount of hours increases as the amount of drug in the blood stream decrease. The function of the trend line is y= 10.391e^-1863x. The...

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