Question

the ratio of pharmacy technicians on duty at the hospital during the first day vs. night shifts is 32 the ratio of a pharmacy technicians on duty of the hospital during the first day versus night is 3219 Express the percentage how many pharmacy technician start to work night shift round your final answer to a percentage rounded to two decimal places

Answer 1

(a)

The ratio of day shift to night shift duty technicians = 32: 19

Total ratio = 32 + 19 = 51

the percentage of pharmacy technician that starts to work night shift is given by

$\begin{gathered} \frac{19}{51}\text{ x 100} \\ \\ =37.255\text{ \%} \\ \approx37.26\text{ \% (2 decimal places)} \end{gathered}$

(b)

The method of solution is by getting the fraction of the technicians that start night shift from the given ratio and then convert it to a percentage by multiplying it by 100