You are the manager of an infusion center. The center is only open from 9 am -

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You are the manager of an infusion center. The center is only open from 9 am - 5 pm and cannot stay open any longer than that due to the lease that you signed.

In the infusion center, you have 3 infusion chairs. Only one patient can be in each chair at a time. You don't have any funds in your budget to buy an additional chair.

Each patient's treatment requires them to be in a chair for 2 hours. However, only the first 30 minutes of the treatment require 1-on-1 attention from a nurse.

You have one full-time nurse who works 40 hours per week, which includes a 1-hour paid lunch. When this nurse works alone, she can see 7 patients per day.

You have the option to hire a part-time nurse for either 4 or 6 hours per day, if you can show that this will increase the number of patients seen each day.

Your goal is to maximize the number of patients seen in a day.

1. Determine whether you should hire a part-time nurse for 4 hours or 6 hours per day. Indicate the hours that the part-time nurse will work each day.

2. Provide a schedule that shows the MAXIMUM number of patients that can be seen each day with the full-time and part-time nurses working together.