Question

Wings Restaurant needs waiters to staff the restaurant during the opening hours. A detailed schedule of how many workers are needed per hour is listed below. Using the first-hour principle and 4-hour shifts, find the personnel schedule. Calculate the Assigned and On-Duty for each hour of the day.  

                        Hour

8am    9am    10am    11am    12pm    1pm    2pm    3pm    4pm    5pm    6pm    7pm    8pm    9pm   

5    7    10    12    13    12    10    8    7    10    12    12    8    5   

Answer 1

Hour	No of waiters required in each hour	4 hours working schedule	No of new workers assigned each hour	Working Schedule
1	2	3	4
8 am	5	5				5	8am -12 pm
9 am	7		2			2	9am - 1 pm
10 am	10			3		3	10am - 2 pm
11 am	12				2	2	11am - 3 pm
12 pm	13	6				6	12pm - 4 pm
1 pm	12		1			1	1pm - 5 pm
2 pm	10			1		1	2pm- 6 pm
3 pm	8				0	0	No workers
4 pm	7	5				5	4pm - 8 pm
5 pm	10		4			4	5pm - 9 pm
6 pm	12			3		3	6pm - till closing
7 pm	12				0	0	No workers
8 pm	8	1				1	8pm - till closing
9 pm	5		1			1	9p - till closing