A clinic uses doctors and nurses optimally and is servicing the maximum number of patients given a limited annual payroll. The last doctor hired treated 1,600 extra patients in a year, while the last nurse hired treated 1,000 extra patients in a year.
-If doctors make $64,000 a year and nurses make $40,000 a year, then

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A clinic uses doctors and nurses optimally and is servicing the maximum number of patients given a limited annual payroll.  The last doctor hired treated 1,600 extra patients in a year, while the last nurse hired treated 1,000 extra patients in a year.  
-If doctors make $64,000 a year and nurses make $40,000 a year, then

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The clinic is making the correct decision because the ratio of extra patients treated to salary is the same for both doctors and nurses (1600/64000 = 1000/40000 = 0.025).

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