Question
A drug is carried into an organ of volume V by a liquid that enters the organ at the rate of a and leaves it at the rate of b . The concentration of the drug in the liquid entering the organ is c . If the concentration of the drug in the organ at time t is increasing at the rate of and the concentration of the drug in the organ initially is , show that the concentration of the drug in the organ at time t is given by
Solution
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1 of 3To show that the concentration of the drug in the organ at time is given by
we will solve the following initial value problem
Integrating the function we have that
Since we obtain
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