Consider separately each of the following hypothetical scenarios about South Afr

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Consider separately each of the following hypothetical scenarios about South Africa and answer the included questions. Assume in each case that medical school has a success rate of 85 percent—in other words, 85 percent of people who attend medical school graduate and become doctors.

Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers.

a. No doctors are allowed to immigrate, and the number of people going to medical school is given by D = 100000 × I, where I is an index relating the income of doctors to those in other professions.

     If I = 6, how many students will go to medical school?

__students.

     How many more doctors will there be in South Africa?

__doctors.

b. The United States decides to offer visas for any doctors from South Africa. Additionally, I in the above equation changes to 10. Assume that 35 percent of doctors educated in South Africa immigrate to the United States.

     How many students will go to medical school?

__students.

     How many students will become doctors?

__ students.

     How many of those doctors will practice in South Africa?

__ doctors.

     How many will practice in the United States?

__ doctors.

c. The United States decides to limit the number of doctors from South Africa who can obtain visas to no more than 12 percent of those graduating from medical school. Assume that Iremains at 10.

     How many students will go to medical school?
    
__students.

     How many students will become doctors?
    
__ students.

     How many of those doctors will practice in South Africa?
    
__ doctors.

     How many will practice in the United States?
    
__doctors.

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