the megabuck hospital corp. is to build a state-subsidized nursing home catering to homeless patients as well as high-income patients. state regulations require that every subsidized nursing home must house a minimum of 750 homeless patients and no more than 1,100 high-income patients in order to qualify for state subsidies. the overall capacity of the hospital is to be 2,100 patients. the board of directors, under pressure from a neighborhood group, insists that the number of homeless patients should not exceed twice the number of high-income patients. due to the state subsidy, the hospital will make an average profit of $9,600 per month for every homeless patient it houses, whereas the profit per high-income patient is estimated at $7,500 per month. how many of each type of patient should it house in order to maximize profit? hint [see example 3.] (if an answer does not exist, enter dne.) chegg

Respuesta :

The types of patients to maximize the profit are as follows:

High income patients = 800

Homeless patients = 1,600

How is the number of specific types of patients calculated to maximize the profit?

The SOLUTION is as follows:

Here we assume high income patients  be

So,  homeless patients be 2x

And, Total patients = 2,400

Now,

x + 2x = 2,400

3x = 2,400

x= 800

so, the homeless patient should be 2×800 = 1,600

Now

Profit in this case,

Homeless patient = 1,600 ×9900 = 15,840,000

High income patient = 800 ×7,900 = 6,320,000

Total profit = $22,160,000

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