A certain drug has a half-life in the body of 2.0 h. Suppose a patient takes one 200. mg pill at 5:00PM and another identical pill 90 min later. Calculate the amount of drug left in his body at 8:00PM. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 3 significant digits. mg ☐ x10

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A certain drug has a half-life in the body of 2.0 h. Suppose a patient takes one 200. mg pill at 5:00PM and another identical pill 90 min later. Calculate the
amount of drug left in his body at 8:00PM.
Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 3 significant digits.
mg
☐ x10
Transcribed Image Text:A certain drug has a half-life in the body of 2.0 h. Suppose a patient takes one 200. mg pill at 5:00PM and another identical pill 90 min later. Calculate the amount of drug left in his body at 8:00PM. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, if necessary, and round it to 3 significant digits. mg ☐ x10
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