A Barber gives 16 haircuts and 5 hours in minutes. At what rate is the Barber giving one haircut? How many haircuts can he give in eight hours round the answer
To find the rate at which the Barber gives one haircut, we divide the total number of haircuts (16) by the total time in minutes (5 hours * 60 minutes/hour = 300 minutes).
Rate = Total haircuts / Total time = 16 haircuts / 300 minutes ≈ 0.0533 haircuts/minute.
To find how many haircuts the Barber can give in eight hours, we multiply the rate by the total time in minutes (8 hours * 60 minutes/hour = 480 minutes).
Haircuts = Rate * Total time = 0.0533 haircuts/minute * 480 minutes = 25.6 haircuts.
Rounded to the nearest whole number, the Barber can give 26 haircuts in eight hours.