4. You work as an occupational therapist You are setting up your schedule for next Wednesday. During the morning, you work with patients who need your full attention ,so you schedule them one at a time for an hour each. In the afternoon, however, you schedule patients who can work out on their own once you have started their therapy. You can schedule as many as 3 overlapping appointments during this time. You have 40 -minute appointments scheduled at 2:00,2:40, and 3:20 P.M. If all your remaining patients need one-hour appointments, how many appointments do you have room to schedule between 2:00 and 4:00 ) P.M.? F.2 G. 3 H. 4 J. 6 K 7

## Step 1<br />The problem involves scheduling appointments in an occupational therapy setting. The therapist has a morning session where each patient requires full attention for an hour, hence they are scheduled one at a time. In the afternoon, patients can work independently once the therapy has been initiated, allowing for multiple overlapping appointments.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />The therapist has three appointments scheduled at 2:00, 2:40, and 3:20 PM. Each of these appointments is 40 minutes long.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />The total time from 2:00 to 4:00 PM is 2 hours, which is equivalent to 120 minutes.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />The total time taken by the three scheduled appointments is 3 * 40 = 120 minutes.<br /><br />## Step 5<br />Since the total time taken by the scheduled appointments is exactly 120 minutes, there is no additional time available for any more appointments.