A clinic has been set up to give flu shots to the elderly in a large city. The design capacity is 50 seniors per hour, and the effective capacity is 44 seniors per hour. Yesterday the clinic was open for ten hours and gave flu shots to 330 seniors.
(a) What is the design utilization?
(b) What is the effective utilization?

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a) (Design utilization = output/design capacity = 330/(10*50) = .66 or 66%)
b) (Effective utilization = output/effective capacity = 330/(10*44) =.75 or 75%)

A Clinic Has Been Set Up to Give Flu Shots