Determine a minimum$-$cost staffing plan for PharmaPlus. $($Let P be the number of full$-$time equivalent pharmacists. Let T be the number of full$-$time equivalent technicians.$)$

Min

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s$.$t$.$

Employees $($pharmacists and technicians$)$ required

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Service quality guideline

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Pharmacists employed

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P$,$ T $>=0$

How many pharmacists and technicians are needed? What is the Optimal Objective Value?

$

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at

$($P$,$ T$)=$

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$($b$)$

Given current staffing levels and expected attrition, how many new hires $($if any$)$ must be made to reach the level recommended in part $($a$)?$

Additional Pharmacists to hire

$5$

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Additional Technicians to hire

$5$

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What will be the impact on the payroll?

The payroll cost using the current levels of $85$ pharmacists and $175$ technicians is $

$5150$

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per hour. The payroll cost using the optimal solution in part $($a$)$ is $

$5400$

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per hour. Thus, the payroll cost will go

up

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by $

$250$

$.$