Community Health Center, a new patient clinic in your town serving only underinsured and uninsured patients, has asked you to help its HIM department get started. Calculate the number of new shelving units needed for a medical record filing system based on eight shelves per unit at 36 inches per shelf. The average record size equals 0.30 inches, and the center anticipates seeing 4,500 patients the first year.
If possible, the Center should be keeping computerized records.
However-- since your problem asks you to find how many shelving units are needed for paper records --
0.3 * 4,500 = 1350 inches needed
8 * 36 = 288 inches per unit
1350 / 288 = ________ units
You'll need to round the above answer up to the nearest whole number.