A) Soon after taking an aspirin, a patient has absorbed 300 milligrams of the drug. If the amount of aspirin in the bloodstream decays exponentially, with half being removed every 2 hours, find, to the nearest 0.1 hour, the time it will take for the amount of aspirin in the bloodstream to decrease to 200 milligrams

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A) Soon after taking an aspirin, a patient has absorbed 300 milligrams of the drug. If the amount of aspirin in the bloodstream decays exponentially, with half being removed every 2 hours, find, to the nearest 0.1 hour, the time it will take for the amount of aspirin in the bloodstream to decrease to 200 milligrams.
 
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B) After a large number of drinks, a person has a blood alcohol level of 200 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter). If the amount of alcohol in the blood decays exponentially, with one fourth being removed every hour, find the time it will take for the person's blood alcohol level to decrease to 60 mg/dL. (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
 
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