Question

A doctor's office schedules 15 minutes for each patient and a half hour for the doctor's lunch at 11:30 a.m. If the doctor started work at 9:00 a.m. and followed this
schedule, how many patients did the doctor see by 3:30 p.m.?
O 20
O 22
O 24
O 26

Answer 1

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Answer:

  24

Step-by-step explanation:

If we reschedule the doctor's half-hour break so that s/he quits work at 3:00 pm, s/he will have worked 6 straight hours from 9 am to 3 pm. Seeing 4 patients each hour, the doctor will have seen ...

  (6 h) × (4 pt/h) = 24 pt

The doctor saw 24 patients by 3:30 pm.