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Date May 2021 Marks available 1 Reference code 21M.1.SL.TZ2.1
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Write down Question number 1 Adapted from N/A

Question

The amount, in milligrams, of a medicinal drug in the body t hours after it was injected is given by D(t)=23(0.85)t, t0. Before this injection, the amount of the drug in the body was zero.

Write down

the initial dose of the drug.

[1]
a.i.

the percentage of the drug that leaves the body each hour.

[2]
a.ii.

Calculate the amount of the drug remaining in the body 10 hours after the injection.

[2]
b.

Markscheme

23mg                   A1


[1 mark]

a.i.

1-0.85  OR  23-19.5523  OR  0.15                  (M1)

15%                   A1


[2 marks]

a.ii.

230.8510                  (M1)

4.53mg  4.52811                   A1


[2 marks]

b.

Examiners report

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b.

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Topic 2—Functions » SL 2.5—Modelling functions
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