Question

Story problem! Please help.
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Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 Please help!!!

Answer 2

@SolomonZelman <3

Answer 3

So it looks like you need to compute that infinite sum

What are the values of 'a' and 'r'?

Answer 4

oh to see the whole problem, needs to press CTRL + - to zoom out :)

Answer 5

Is a=1 r=.3 ??

Answer 6

a is not 1

Answer 7

'a' is the initial amount

Answer 8

Which is 500 ?

Answer 9

plug a = 500, r = 0.3 into

S = a/(1-r)

Answer 10

So 500/.7 = 714.28?

Answer 11

which is roughly 714 mg

Answer 12

Which is the final answer?

Answer 13

that's if he took it infinitely

the problem here is that we don't know the doctor's orders. Is it 30 days? 60 days? Forever? We don't know since it's not stated.

Answer 14

but yeah I think it is the final answer they're looking for

Answer 15

Thank you once again @jim_thompson5910. Seriously thankful.

Answer 16

you're welcome