Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A patient takes a tablet, and the drug enters the blood from the stomach. At hours after the tablet is taken, the rate at which the drug is absorbed is milligrams per hour. No drug has been absorbed at , so . The doctor wants the total amount absorbed by the time . The integral needs integration by parts twice, because must be reduced to a constant. She takes first and then . After her working she writes . Find the constant . Then find the amount absorbed after hour and after hours. The doctor also asks what total amount the body can ever absorb. As grows very large, the term with tends to zero. Give in milligrams, and each amount in milligrams to four decimal places.
Integration by parts reverses the product rule. Choose by ILATE, and use the formula again if the new integral still needs it.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Given. milligrams per hour and .
Plan. Use parts twice, fix the constant, evaluate, and take the limit.
Step 1. First parts. With and we get . So .
Step 2. Second parts. . So .
Step 3. The constant. , so .
Step 4. The amounts. . .
Step 5. The limit. As , , so .
Answer: , then , and a total of .
Check. The rate is never negative, so only grows. The values , and then grow.
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