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A barber shop produces 96 haircuts a day. each barber in the shop works 8 hours per day and produces the same number of haircuts per hour. if the shop's productivity is 2 haircuts per hour of labor, then how many barbers does the shop employ?

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we know that
A barber shop produces 96 haircuts a day----------> 8 hours per day
so
96/8--------> 12 haircuts per hour

if if the shop's productivity is 2 haircuts per hour of labor
then
12/2---------> 6
barbers

the answer is
6
barbers
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