Pharmacy Technician PTCB Practice Test

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A pharmacy fills an average of 11,518 prescriptions on a third-party plan in a one month period. What is the average number of prescriptions refilled each month?

2,073
4,607
6,680
11,518

The correct answer is: 4,607

The key here is to recognize that the total number of prescriptions filled on the third-party plan only counts the initial prescriptions, not refills. Therefore, we need to divide the total number by the average number of times a prescription is refilled within a month to get the average number of prescriptions refilled each month. Option A, C, and D are incorrect because they do not take into account the average number of refills. Option A is too low, indicating that each prescription only has 0.18 refills on average, which is not realistic. Option B is the most logical answer because it assumes that each prescription has around 0.4 refills on average. This would result in a total of 4,607 prescriptions refilled each month, on average. Therefore, option B is the correct and most reasonable answer.