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The milligrams of aspirin in a person's body is given by the equation a = 500*(3/4^t), where t is the number of hours since the patient took the medicine.

In the equation, what does 500 tell us about the situation?


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User Hazel T
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500 represents the initial amount of medication, since when t=0, a=500.

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