Jake Flanaghan, Vice President for the inpatient pharmacy at Great Atlantic Medical Center, is designing a c chart to monitor the number of inpatient medication errors that occur each month.The total number of medication errors for January - December last year was 37.The centerline for Jake's c chart is ___________.
A)3.08
B)37
C)8.35
D)-2.18
E)0.00

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The centerline of a c chart, which is used to monitor the number of defects per unit (in this case, medication errors per month), is calculated as the total number of defects divided by the number of units observed. Here, with 37 errors over 12 months, the centerline is 37 / 12 = 3.08.

Jake Flanaghan, Vice President for the Inpatient Pharmacy at Great