Alcohol Metabolism Problems
Can you help me with my math homework, it’s a word problem?
A typical glass of wine contains about 20 grams of alcohol. Consider a 110 pound woman, with approximately 4 liters (4000 milliliters) of blood, who drinks two glasses of wine.
a. If all the alcohol were immediately absorbed into her bloodstream, what would her blood alcohol content be?
b. Again assume that all the alcohol is absorbed immediately, but now assume that her body eliminates the alcohol (through metabolism) at a rate of 10 grams per hour. What is her blood alcohol content 3 hours after drinking the wine?
can you tell me how u got that
(a) 20 gm / 4000 ml = 0.005 gm per ml
(b) after 3 hours 0.0 gm per ml.
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