he following information to answer questions 54-56 The metabolism equation for a drug (after ingestion) is given by the equation A = Ane-072498 , where Ao is the initial amount of the drug, A is the amount remaining in the body after x hours. 54. A family member brings a patient into your ward who tells you they ingested 0.5 mg of the drug 2 hours ago. How much of the drug is still circulating in the patient's body? a. 0.12 mg c. 0.24 mg b. 0.37 mg d. 0.10 mg 55. A patient is admitted to your ward who tells that they do not know how much of the drug they ingested. If blood work comes back with a value of 4.173 mg and they told you they ingested this drug 30 minutes ago, what is the minimum amount of drug in the patient's system? a. 7.19 mg c. 1.16 mg b. 6.00 mg d. 17.79 mg 6. What is the half-life of this drug? (how long until it takes until half of the original amount is remaining? a. 0.40 hours c. 0.96 hours b. 2.72 hours d. 1.91 hours 7. The growth of a colony of bacteria is given by: In M Mo where / represents the growth rate, M2, represents the initial population, and M represen the population after hours