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A recent online survey published that a hospital needs 9 nurses for every 45 patients. How many nurses a hospital would need in order to take care of 255 patients?
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A recent online survey published that a hospital needs 9 nurses for every 45 patients. How many nurses a hospital would need in order to take care of 255 patients?

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Answer: 51

Step-by-step explanation:
It’s 9 nurses per 45 nurses, which by simplifying, means 1 nurse per 5 patients.

Divide 255 by 5 to get the number of nurses needed:

255/5 = 51
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