Finn takes 200 milligrams of medicine. Each hour, the amount of medicine in his body will be one half of the amount from the previous hour.Use the drop-down menus to complete an inequality that can be solved to find how much time, t, it will take for there to be less than 1 milligram of medicine remaining in Finn’s body.

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Answer:

[tex]200(\frac{1}{2})^x< 1[/tex]

Explanation:

Given,

The original amount of the medicine in the body = 200 mg,

If the amount of medicine in his body will be one half of the amount from the previous hour.

Then the amount of the medicine after 1 hour = [tex]200(\frac{1}{2})[/tex]

After 2 hours, the amount = [tex]\frac{200(\frac{1}{2})}{2}=200(\frac{1}{2})^2[/tex]

After 3 hours, the amount = [tex]200(\frac{1}{2})^3[/tex]

....... so on,

Thus, after t hours the amount ( say A(t) )

[tex]A(t) = 200(\frac{1}{2})^t[/tex]

If A(t) < 1 mg

[tex]\implies 200(\frac{1}{2})^x< 1[/tex]

Which is the required inequality..

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