Question

Hey motorcycle shop maintains an inventory of four times as many new bikes as used bikes. If there are 16 new bikes how many used bikes are now in stock

Answer 1

The answer would be 4. If there are 4 times as many new bikes as old ones, and there are 16 new bikes, you would do 16 divided by 4 which = 4

Answer 2

Motorcycle shop maintains

U - used bikes
N - new bikes = 4N

1 U = 4N
? U = 16 new bikes

16/4 = 4. There are 4 used bikes that are in stock.