text: 6 November, 03:52
  
  # in the year 2012 a farmer harvested 144 bags of maize. the following year the harvest decreased in the ratio 3:4. What was the total number of bags harvested for the two years
  
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  1. 6 November, 07:09
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  252 bags of maize
  
  Step-by-step explanation:
  
  From the question, we are told that a farmer harvested maize
  
  In the year 2012 = 144 bags of maize
  
  In the year 2013 (following year) the harvest decreased in the ratio 3:4
  
  This means
  
  3:4 = 2013: 2012.
  
  Where number of bags harvested in 2013 = unknown = x
  
  3/4 = x / 144
  
  Cross multiply 4x = 3 * 144
  
  x = 3 * 144 / 4
  
  * = 108
  
  This means 108 bags of maize was harvested in 2013
  
  The total number of bags harvested is = 108 + 144
  
  = 252 bags of maize.