technicians per licensed pharmacist. The average salary for licensed pharmacists is $$52$ per hour and the average salary for technicians is $$13$ per hour.

Min

s$.$t$.$

Employees $($pharmacists and technicians$)$ required

Service quality guideline

Pharmacists employed

$P_{r}T0$

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

$

at $(P,T)=1,$

$($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

Additional Technicians to hire

What will be the impact on the payroll?

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