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Threshold response curve In biochemistry, the general threshold response curve is the grap...

Threshold response curve In biochemistry, the general threshold response curve is the graph of an equation

where R is the chemical response when the level of the substance being acted on is S and a, k, and n are positive constants. An example is the removal rate R of alcohol from the bloodstream by the liver when the blood alcohol concentration is S.

(a) Find an equation of the horizontal asymptote for the graph.
(b) In the case of alcohol removal, n = 1 and a typical value of k is 0.22 gram per liter per minute. What is the interpretation of k in this setting?

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