Mr. gold had 4 times more cars than motorcycles in his garage. after he bought 4 more cars and sold 4 motorcycles, there were 8 times more cars than motorcycles. how many cars and motorcycles were there in garage?

36 cars and 9 motorcycles

Step-by-step explanation:

It's given that he has x motorcycles to 4x cars After he bought the cars and sold the motorcycles, he had 4x+4 cars to x-4 motorcyclesSince after this selling/buying, he has 8 times more cars than motorcycles, you can write the equation 4x+4=8(x-4)Once you solve you get 36 cars and 9 motorcycles