Lesson 5 Representing Exponential Decay Cool Down

Last updated: 5/21/2023

Lesson 5 Representing Exponential Decay Cool Down Acetaminophen Acetaminophen is a common pain reliever and fever reducer Here is a graph showing the amount of acetaminophen in milligrams in an adult s body at different times after they take a normal dose 1 250 1 000 acetaminophen mg 750 500 250 0 1000 1 750 2 562 5 2 3 4 time hours 1 What is the vertical intercept What does it mean in this situation 5 8 2 What fraction of the medicine remained after one hour 3 Write an equation that represents the amount of medicine a after t hours