In a box, there are jelly beans of 3 colours, blue, brown and green. There are 88 less green jelly beans than brown jelly beans. The number of green jelly beans is ²₃ more than the blue jelly beans. Given that the number of green jelly beans is 30% of the total number of jelly beans in the box, how many less blue jelly beans are there than brown jelly beans?

Blue jelly beans	Brown jelly beans	Green jelly beans
	1 u + 88	1 u
3x6		5x6
70%		30%
18%	52%	30%

1 + ²₃ = ³₃ + ²₃ = ⁵₃

Yellow jelly beans : Purple jelly beans = 3 : 5

The number of green jelly beans is repeated.  Make the number of green jelly beans the same.

5 x 6 = 30%

Total number of blue jelly beans and brown jelly beans in percent
= 100% - 30%
= 70%

Number of brown jelly beans in percent
= 70% - 18%
= 52%

Number of more brown jelly beans than green jelly beans in percent
= 52% - 18%
= 22%

22% = 88

1% = 88 ÷ 22 = 4

Number of less blue jelly beans than brown jelly beans
= 52% - 18%
= 34%
= 34 x 4
= 136

Answer(s): 136