At the Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas there are on average 60 births per week. Mothers and babies stay, on average, two days before they leave the hospital. In the Swedish hospital (also in Las Vegas), the average number of births per week is 210. Mothers and children stay in the hospital two days on average.
a. On average, how many new mothers are staying in Children’s Hospital? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Number of new mothers
b. On average, how many new mothers are staying in Swedish Hospital? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Number of new mothers
c-1. The Labor and Delivery Directors of the two hospitals are negotiating unifying the children wards of the two hospitals. They believe that by doing so they will be able to reduce the number of new mothers staying in the hospital. You may assume that the average number of births and the lengths of stay of the new mothers will not change.
Are they correct? Yes/No
c-2. How many new mothers will stay, on average, in the unified ward? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Number of new mothers___