Question

You are clinic manager. You must schedule the equivalent of 1 1/2 nurses for each doctor on a shift, The friday day shift has 6 doctors scheduled How many nurses you will you need to schedule?

Answer 1

Data Given:

Nurses = 1 1/2 of each doctor

This can be interpreted as

`\begin{gathered} 1(1)/(2)\text{ = }(3)/(2) \\ \\ 1\text{ Doctor requires }(3)/(2)\text{ times nurses} \end{gathered}`

If there are 6 doctors in the day shift, then there will be

`(3)/(2)\text{ x 6 nurs}es`

=>

`\begin{gathered} \frac{3\text{ x 6}}{2} \\ \\ =\text{ 3 x 3 } \\ \\ =\text{ 9 nurses} \end{gathered}`

This means that I will have to schedule 9 nurses for the day shift on Friday