According to the journal of the American medical association (Jama) hospitals that routinely staff a 1:8 nurse to patient Ratios experience five additional deaths per 1,000 patients than those staffing with 1:4 ratios (2002 if the local hospital decided to follow 1:4 nurse to patient ratio how many patients can they treat if they have 120 nurses.

What is the value of x in the diagram below?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size. it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?

Solve the following simultaneous equation by using an algebraic method (either substitution or elimination) 2x + 3y=-4 4x-y=11