If you were to take 200 milligrams of Advil how many milligrams will remain in the
body 10 hours later? Answer to two decimal places. Show your workings in
detail using the equation
To determine how many milligrams of Advil will remain in the body 10 hours later, we need to take into account the body's natural rate of eliminating the drug.
The half-life of ibuprofen, the active ingredient in Advil, is approximately 2 hours. This means that after 2 hours, half of the drug is eliminated from the body.
We can use the formula for exponential decay to calculate how much of the drug remains in the body after 10 hours:
Amount remaining = Initial amount * (1/2)^(10/2)
Amount remaining = 200 * (1/2)^5
Amount remaining = 200 * (1/32)
Amount remaining = 6.25 milligrams
Therefore, 10 hours later, approximately 6.25 milligrams of Advil will remain in the body.