A patient receives a one-time intravenous dose of 60 mg of a drug

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Problem

A patient receives a one-time intravenous dose of 60 mg of a drug. Exactly 70\% of the drug present in the bloodstream remains active from one hour to the next. No additional doses are administered. Calculate the total amount of drug, in milligrams, that will ever circulate in the patient’s bloodstream.

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