 
<translate> Maurice ya hau doki sau da yawa a rayuwarsa. Abokinsa mafi kyau, Matt, yakan hau doki a kai a kai. Lokacin da Maurice ya ziyarci Matt na makonni biyu, ya sake hawa sau 8. A kowane lokaci, Matt ya tafi tare da shi. A halin yanzu, ban da lokutan da Matt ya bi Maurice, ya hau ƙarin sau 16. Idan jimillar sau da Matt ya hau a cikin waɗannan makonni biyu ya ninka sau uku na sau da Maurice ya hau kafin ziyararsa, sau nawa ne Maurice ya hau doki kafin ya ziyarci Matt? Ka ba ni dalilai, kafin ka amsa tambaya <eng> Maurice had only been horseback riding a handful of times in his life. His best friend, Matt, goes horseback riding regularly. When Maurice went to visit Matt for two weeks, he rode another 8 times. Each time, Matt went with him. Meanwhile, besides the times that Matt accompanied Maurice, he rode an additional 16 times. If the total number of times Matt rode during that two weeks is three times the number of times Maurice had ridden before his visit, how many times had Maurice been horseback riding before visiting Matt? Give me reasons, before answering the question 