Enter your answer in the provided box. Insulin is a polypeptide hormone released from the pancreas that stimulates fat and muscle to take up glucose. In a certain patient, it has a first-order half-life in the blood of 4.2 min. To maintain an adequate blood concentration of insulin, it must be replenished in a time interval equal to 1/k. How long is the time interval in this patient? min

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Insulin is a polypeptide hormone released from the pancreas that stimulates fat and muscle to take up
glucose. In a certain patient, it has a first-order half-life in the blood of 4.2 min. To maintain an
adequate blood concentration of insulin, it must be replenished in a time interval equal to 1/k. How
long is the time interval in this patient?
min
Transcribed Image Text:Enter your answer in the provided box. Insulin is a polypeptide hormone released from the pancreas that stimulates fat and muscle to take up glucose. In a certain patient, it has a first-order half-life in the blood of 4.2 min. To maintain an adequate blood concentration of insulin, it must be replenished in a time interval equal to 1/k. How long is the time interval in this patient? min
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First order Half-life = 4.2 min 

Time interval = 1/K 

 

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