The amount of an antibiotic (in mg) in the blood t hours after an intravenous line is

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The amount of an antibiotic (in mg) in the blood t hours after an intravenous line is opened is given by

m(t) = 100(e-0.1t - e-0.3t).

a. Use the Intermediate Value Theorem to show the amount of drug is 30 mg at some time in the interval [0, 5] and again at some time in the interval [5, 15].

b. Estimate the times at which m = 30 mg.

c. Is the amount of drug in the blood ever 50 mg?

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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