A single dose of iodine is injected intravenously into a patient. The iodine mixes thoroughly in the
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A single dose of iodine is injected intravenously into a patient. The iodine mixes thoroughly in the blood before any is lost as a result of metabolic processes (ignore the time required for this mixing process). Iodine will leave the blood and enter the thyroid gland at a rate proportional to the amount of iodine in the blood. Also, iodine will leave the blood and pass into the urine at a (different) rate proportional to the amount of iodine in the blood. Suppose that the iodine enters the thyroid at the rate of 4% per hour, and the iodine enters the urine at the rate of 10% per hour. Let f (t) denote the amount of iodine in the blood at time t. Write a differential equation satisfied by f (t).
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Calculus And Its Applications
ISBN: 9780134437774
14th Edition
Authors: Larry Goldstein, David Lay, David Schneider, Nakhle Asmar