How many total nurses are needed to be on staff for the optimal solution?
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.
A. How many total nurses are needed to be on staff for the optimal solution?
B.Suppose the hospital is experiencing a budget crunch and needs to use the nurses' on call day to temporarily staff the emergency room.
How many nurses work on Thursday in the optimal solution?
C. Suppose the hospital has 40 nurses and is not allowed to hire or fire any employees, and cannot temporarily
How many nurses will work on Monday if this solution is implemented
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