Doctor J Is Considering Purchasing a New Blood Analysis Machine to to Test

question 36

Multiple Choice

Doctor J. is considering purchasing a new blood analysis machine to test for HIV; it will cost $60,000. He estimates that he could charge $25.00 for an office visit to have a patient's blood analyzed, while the actual cost of a blood analysis would be $5.00. If this new blood analysis machine has design and effective capacities of 6,000 and 5,000 blood analyses per year, respectively, and Dr. J. expects to perform 4,500 HIV blood analyses each year, what will be the utilization of this machine?

• A)0 percent
• B)75 percent
• C)83 percent
• D)90 percent
• E)100 percent

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