A Hospital Needs to Determine How Many Nurses to Hire

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Essay

A hospital needs to determine how many nurses to hire to cover a 24 hour period. The nurses must work 8 consecutive hours but can start work at the start of 6 different shifts. They are paid different wages depending on when they start their shifts. The number of nurses required per 4-hour time period and their wages are shown in the following table. Enter the numbers in the appropriate cells of ranges B6:G11 and B13:G13 in the Excel spreadsheet to solve this problem based on the following formulation.

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