Set up a difference equation


Assignment:

A certain smoker has a daily intake of 0.02 milligrams of nicotine. It is assumed that 1% of nicotine is disintegrated by the body per day.

(i) Set up a difference equation for the amount of nicotine Nt after t days, starting with an initial level of No = 0.

(ii) Derive a closed form of the solution for Nt.

(iii) If a concentration of 1mg of nicotine is considered harmful, when does the smoker reach this threshold? How much higher does the concentration rise?

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