SOLUTION: Calculate the expected number of infants needing neonatal intensive care in a hospital if the historic rate is 5 per 1000 births, and you expect 575 births this year.

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Question 1126880: Calculate the expected number of infants needing neonatal intensive care in a hospital if the historic rate is 5 per 1000 births, and you expect 575 births this year.
Answer by ikleyn(52933) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the proportion


5%2F1000 = x%2F575.


From the proportion,  x = %285%2A575%29%2F1000 = 2.875.


You can round it up and estimate "the expected number of infants needing neonatal intensive care in a hospital" as 3.

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