Problem 1. In the morning, 5 foreign cars were parked along the road. By noon, 2 domestic cars were parked between each pair of foreign cars. And by evening, a motorcycle was parked between each pair of adjacent cars. How many motorcycles were parked in total $?$

Answer: 12 .
Solution. Between 5 foreign cars there are 4 gaps, so there were $4 \cdot 2=8$ domestic cars parked there; that is, a total of $5+8=13$ cars were parked. Between them, 12 motorcycles were parked.