Question

A doctor's office allows thirty minutes for each appointment. after taking a one-hour lunch break, the doctor's office has a(n) _____ of sixteen patients a day if it is open from 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Answer 1

The doctor's office has a "capacity" of sixteen patients a day if it is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The doctor's office has timing from 8:00 to 5:00 pm, it means it is open for 9 hours and doctor takes one hour lunch break, so doctor has 8 hours for patients.

And doctor's office allows thirty minutes for each appointment, it means in one hour doctor's office allow two patients.

Thus in 8 hours, it allows 8 x 2 = 16 patients.

Answer 2

Answer:

an average

Explanation:

Total number of hours open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. = 9 hours

Number hours for lunch break = 1 hour

Time allowed for each appointment = 30 minutes = 0.5 hr

Total number of hours the doctor worked from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. can therefore be calculated as the total number of hours open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. minus the number of hours for lunch break. This can be stated mathematically as follows:

Total number of hours the doctor worked from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. = 9 – 1 = 8 hours

The average number of patients the doctor attended in a is equal to Total number of hours the doctor worked from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. divided by the time allowed for each appointment. This can be stated mathematically as follows:

Time allowed for each appointment = 8 ÷ 0.5

                                                                = 16

Therefore, the doctor's office has an average of sixteen patients a day if it is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.