Problem 11 7 Children S Hospital Seattle Average 50 Births Per Week Mother Child Stay Aver Q29570870

Problem 11-7

At the Children’s Hospital in Seattle there are, on average, 50births per week. Mother and child stay, on average, two days beforethey leave the hospital. At the Swedish Hospital (also in Seattle),the average number of births per week is 200. Mothers and childrenstay in the hospital two days on average.

a.

How many new mothers, on average, are staying at the Children’sHospital? (Round your intermediate calculations to 4decimal places and final answer to 1 decimal place.)

  Number of newmothers  b.

How many new mothers, on average, are staying at the SwedishHospital? (Round your intermediatecalculations to 4 decimal places and final answer to 1 decimalplace.)

  Number of newmothers     c.

The directors of the two hospitals are negotiating unifying thematernity wards of the two hospitals. They believe that by doing sothey will be able to reduce the number of new mothers staying inthe unified ward. How many new mothers would be staying, onaverage, in the unified ward? (Assume that the average number ofbirths and the length of stay of the new mothers will not change.)(Round your intermediate calculations to 4 decimal placesand final answer to 1 decimal place.)

  Number of newmothers