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A Hospital Needs to Determine How Many Nurses to Hire

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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.
 Time period  Required # of Nurses  Wage $/hr)12am4am20154am8am30168am12pm401312pm4pm50134pm8pm40148pm12am3015\begin{array}{lll}\text { Time period }&\text { Required \# of Nurses }&\text { Wage } \$ / h r)\\\hline12 \mathrm{am}-4 \mathrm{am} & 20 & 15 \\4 \mathrm{am}-8 \mathrm{am} & 30 & 16 \\8 \mathrm{am}-12 \mathrm{pm} & 40 & 13 \\12 \mathrm{pm}-4 \mathrm{pm} & 50 & 13 \\4 \mathrm{pm}-8 \mathrm{pm} & 40 & 14 \\8 \mathrm{pm}-12 \mathrm{am} & 30 & 15\end{array}
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.
Let Xi = number of nurses working in time period i;i = 1,6 MIN: 1X1 + 1X2 + 1X3 + 1X4 + 1X5 + 1X6
Subject to: 1X1 + 1X2 ? 30
1X2 + 1X3 ? 40
1X3 + 1X4 ? 50
1X4 + 1X5 ? 40
1X5 + 1X6 ? 30
1X1 + 1X6 ? 20
Xi ? 0
 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.   \begin{array}{lll}\text { Time period }&\text { Required \# of Nurses }&\text { Wage } \$ / h r)\\\hline 12 \mathrm{am}-4 \mathrm{am} & 20 & 15 \\ 4 \mathrm{am}-8 \mathrm{am} & 30 & 16 \\ 8 \mathrm{am}-12 \mathrm{pm} & 40 & 13 \\ 12 \mathrm{pm}-4 \mathrm{pm} & 50 & 13 \\ 4 \mathrm{pm}-8 \mathrm{pm} & 40 & 14 \\ 8 \mathrm{pm}-12 \mathrm{am} & 30 & 15 \end{array}   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. Let <sup>X</sup><sub>i </sub><sup>= number of nurses working in time period i;i = 1,6 </sup>MIN: <sup>1X</sup><sub>1 </sub><sup>+ 1X</sup><sub>2 </sub><sup>+ 1X</sup><sub>3 </sub><sup>+ 1X</sup><sub>4 </sub><sup>+ 1X</sup><sub>5 </sub><sup>+ 1X</sup><sub>6</sub> Subject to: <sup>1X</sup><sub>1 </sub><sup>+ 1X</sup><sub>2 </sub><sup>? 30</sup> 1X<sub>2 </sub>+ 1X<sub>3 </sub>? 40 1X<sub>3 </sub>+ 1X<sub>4 </sub>? 50 1X<sub>4 </sub>+ 1X<sub>5 </sub>? 40 1X<sub>5 </sub>+ 1X<sub>6 </sub>? 30 1X<sub>1 </sub>+ 1X<sub>6 </sub>? 20 X<sub>i </sub>? 0

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