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| E.5 Beth Zion Hospital has received initial certification | |||||
| from the state of California to become a center for liver transplants. | |||||
| The hospital, however, must complete its first 18 transplants | |||||
| under great scrutiny and at no cost to the patients. The | |||||
| very first transplant, just completed, required 30 hours. On the | |||||
| basis of research at the hospital, Beth Zion estimates that it will | |||||
| have an 80% learning curve. Estimate the time it will take to complete: | |||||
| a) the 5th liver transplant. | |||||
| b) all of the first 5 transplants. | |||||
| c) the 18th transplant. | |||||
| d) all 18 transplants. PX | |||||
| E.6 Refer to Problem E.5. Beth Zion Hospital has just been informed that only the first 10 transplants must be performed at the hospital | |||||