$1.$ How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds?

$2.$ Develop a similar table to show the effects of adding operations on

Saturday. $($Assume that $30$ operations would still be performed

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each day.$)$ How would this affect the utilization of the bed

capacity? Is this capacity sufficient for the additional patients?

$3.$ Now look at the effect of increasing the number of beds by $50$

percent. How many operations could the hospital perform per day

before running out of bed capacity? $($Assume operations are

performed five days per week, with the same number

performed on each day.$)$ How well would the new

resources be utilized relative to the current operation? Could the

hospital really perform this many operations? Why? $($Hint: Look at

the capacity of the $12$ surgeons and the five operating rooms.$)$

$4.$ Although financial data are sketchy, an estimate from a

construction company indicates that adding bed capacity would

cost about $$100,000$ per bed. In addition, the rate charged for the

hernia surgery varies between about $$900$ and $$2,000($U$.$S$.$

dollars$),$ with an average rate of $$1,300$ per operation. The

surgeons are paid a flat $$600$ per operation. Due to all the

uncertainties in government health care legislation, Shouldice

would like to justify any expansion within a five$-$year time period.