A barber shop produces 192 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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If the productivity is 2 haircuts per hour of labor and each barber works for 8 hours, then each barber produces 2 x 8 = 16 haircuts per day.
So, the number of barbers employed by the shop is 192 / 16 = 12.

A Barber Shop Produces 192 Haircuts a Day