Retro Rides is a club for owners of vintage cars and motorcycles. Every year the club gets together for a ride. This year, 28 vehicles participated in the ride. The total number of tires of all the vehicles was 76. Assuming each car has 4 tires and each motorcycle has 2 tires, how many each of cars and motorcycles participated in the ride?
10 cars; 18 motorcycles
14 cars; 14 motorcycles
7 cars; 21 motorcycles
12 cars; 16 motorcycles

Question

Retro Rides is a club for owners of vintage cars and motorcycles. Every year the club gets together for a ride. This year, 28 vehicles participated in the ride. The total number of tires of all the vehicles was 76. Assuming each car has 4 tires and each motorcycle has 2 tires, how many each of cars and motorcycles participated in the ride?
10 cars; 18 motorcycles
14 cars; 14 motorcycles
7 cars; 21 motorcycles
12 cars; 16 motorcycles

anonymous · Answer

10 cars 18 motorcycles
10x4=40
18x2=36
40
+36=76