Question

A nurse must careful not to inject a drug too quickly into a patient's IV. If the drug is injected at maximum rate of 0.04cc per second, and the total amount to be injected is 25cc. create an equation that tells the amount injected as a function of time in seconds. Determine the time required to complete the injection

Answer 1

x = 0.04 t

25 = 0.04 t

t = 25/.04 = 625 seconds

which is about ten and a half minutes