SOLUTION: HELP PLEASE! I need a linear equation word problem that is related to the nursing or medical field.

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Question 935485: HELP PLEASE! I need a linear equation word problem that is related to the nursing or medical field.
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, TimothyLamb:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use Google to search for "linear equations in nursing".
Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the following is the linear model for the number of days length-of-stay (LOS) in hospital as a function of age above 30 years old, for patients admitted to hospital for elective single cardiac-bypass surgery. determine the LOS predicted by the model for a 35 year old patient admitted today:
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y = 1.635x + 5.4
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