Archana bought some kilograms of wheat. She requires $12 k g$ per month and she got enough wheat milled for $3$ months. After that , she had $14 k g$ left. How much wheat had Archana bought altogether ?

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$k g$ required for $3$ months $= 12 \times 3 = 36 k g$
Amount of wheat left after three months $= 14 k g$
Let wheat had Archana bought altogether be x kg.
In an equation
$x - 14 = 12 \times 3$
$x - 14 = 36$
$x = 36 + 14$
$x = 50$
$x = 50$ is the kg of wheat bought together

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Archana bought some kilograms of wheat. She requires 12 kg per month and she got enough wheat milled for 3 months. After that , she had 14 kg left. How much wheat had Archana bought altogether ?

kg required for 3 months =12×3=36kgAmount of wheat left after three months =14kgLet wheat had Archana bought altogether be x kg.In an equationx−14=12×3x−14=36x=36+14x=50x=50 is the kg of wheat bought together

Archana bought some kilograms of wheat. She requires $12 k g$ per month and she got enough wheat milled for $3$ months. After that , she had $14 k g$ left. How much wheat had Archana bought altogether ?

$k g$ required for $3$ months $= 12 \times 3 = 36 k g$
Amount of wheat left after three months $= 14 k g$
Let wheat had Archana bought altogether be x kg.
In an equation
$x - 14 = 12 \times 3$
$x - 14 = 36$
$x = 36 + 14$
$x = 50$
$x = 50$ is the kg of wheat bought together