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Medication is prescribed in 9 out of 10 hospital emergency room visits that involve an Injury. If a large urban hospital had 790 emergency room visits involving an injury in the past month how many of these visits would be expected to include a prescription for medication?about (blank) emergency room visits would be expected to include a prescription for medication.

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Answer:

711 of these visits would be expected to include a prescription for medication

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that medication is prescribed i 9/10 of hospital emergency room.

If 790 emergency room visits involving an injury in the past month, the number of visits expected to include a prescription for medication is:

9/10 * 790 = 9 * 79 = 711

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