A County Has Three Clinics; the Weekly Number of Patients

question 16

Multiple Choice

A county has three clinics; the weekly number of patients seen by a nurse practitioner in each clinic
Is shown below. The director hires eight new nurse practitioners; find the geometric mean of the
Upper and lower quotas for each clinic. Round to three decimal places, if necessary.

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