The average thikness of a medical chart is 1/4 inch. If a practice has 1200 patients with each chart 1/4 inch thick, how many shelving units will it take if a unit can hold 368 inches.

The medical practice should digitalize its records and keep them on a computer.

1200 * 1/4 = 300 inches

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To find out how many shelving units are required, we need to calculate the total thickness of all the medical charts and then divide it by the capacity of each shelving unit.

First, let's determine the total thickness of all the medical charts. There are 1200 patients, and each chart has a thickness of 1/4 inch. Therefore, the total thickness can be found by multiplying the number of patients by the thickness of each chart:

Total thickness = 1200 patients * 1/4 inch = 300 inches

Now, we divide the total thickness by the capacity of each shelving unit (368 inches) to find out how many units are needed:

Number of units = Total thickness / Capacity of each unit
Number of units = 300 inches / 368 inches ≈ 0.815

Since we can't have a fraction of a shelving unit, we need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, we would need 1 shelving unit.

So, it would take 1 shelving unit to store the medical charts for 1200 patients.