Medication is prescribed in 6 out of every 10 hospital emergency room visits that involve an injury. If a large urban hospital had 930 emergency room visits involving an injury in the past month, how many of these visits would you expect included a prescription for medication?

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Jamie French

28 June, 20:31

Medication is prescribed in 6 out of every 10 hospital emergency room visits that involve an injury. If a large urban hospital had 930 emergency room visits involving an injury in the past month, how many of these visits would you expect included a prescription for medication?

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Colton Cantrell · Answer 1

We can first get the percentage of the emergency room visits that involves an injury.

6 out of 10.

This will be (6/10) * 100 = 60%

So, if there are 930 emergency room visits, the expected visits included a prescription for medication is;

60% of 930 = 60/100 * 930

= 0.6 * 930

= 558