An adult takes 400 mg of ibuprofen. Two hours later, there is 201.6 mg of

ibuprofen left in the persons system. How long will it take until there is only 25 mg

of ibuprofen left in the person's system? Show all work and round your answer to

three decimal places.

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Answer:

It will take 3 hours 46 minutes and 8 seconds to use 375 mg of ibrufen.

Step-by-step explanation:

An adult takes 400 mg of ibuprofen. Two hours later, there is 201.6 mg of

ibuprofen left in the persons system

This means that in 2 hours time

400- 201.6= 198.4 mg was used up.

We need only 25 mg in the system

so 400- 25= 375 mg  time is needed

time          mg

2 hour      198.4

x                375

Using the cross product rule

x= 375*2/198.4

x= 3.780 hrs

Which means 3 hours and (0.78* 60)= 46.8 minutes.

It will take 3 hours 46 minutes and 8 seconds to use 375 mg of ibrufen.