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A hospital emergency room requires different numbers of nurses on different days of the week. The number of full-time employees required to be working (i.e. not on call) each day is given in the table below.
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
18 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 22 |
Hospital rules require that nurses work four consecutive days, are on call for one day, and then receive two days off. The hospital wants to meet its daily requirements, while minimizing the number of nurses that must be on staff.
How many total nurses are needed to be on staff for the optimal solution?
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Total Number of Employees (Nurses) required = 33