Question

You work as a dental hygienist, seeing patients for 6 hours each workday. Each of your appointments with a patient takes the same amount of time. Currently, you see 9 patients per workday. How many more minutes would you be able to spend with each patient if you saw only 8 patients per workday, still seeing patients for 6 hours each workday and spending an equal amount of time with each patient?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 5 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

You work as a dental hygienist, seeing patients for 6 hours each workday. Currently, you see 9 patients per workday.

Means for 1 patient you spend $\frac{6}{9}=\frac{2}{3}$ hours

Or $\frac{2}{3}\times60=40 minutes$ per patient.

When 8 patients are seen then per patient time spent is = $\frac{6}{8}=\frac{3}{4}$ hours

or  $\frac{3}{4}\times60=45 minutes$ per patient.

Then in the second case you spend $45-40=5$ more minutes per patient.

Thus, the answer is 5 minutes.

Answer 2

Answer:

5 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

9/6=40 mins per patient

8/6=45 mins per patient