In a container, there are jelly beans of 3 colours, gold, yellow and pink. There are 136 more yellow jelly beans than pink jelly beans. The number of pink jelly beans is ¹₂ more than the gold jelly beans. Given that the number of pink jelly beans is 12% of the total number of jelly beans in the container, how many more yellow jelly beans are there than gold jelly beans?

Gold jelly beans	Yellow jelly beans	Pink jelly beans
	1 u + 136	1 u
2x4		3x4
88%		12%
8%	80%	12%

1 + ¹₂ = ²₂ + ¹₂ = ³₂

Yellow jelly beans : Purple jelly beans = 2 : 3

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

3 x 4 = 12%

Total number of gold jelly beans and yellow jelly beans in percent
= 100% - 12%
= 88%

Number of yellow jelly beans in percent
= 88% - 8%
= 80%

Number of more yellow jelly beans than pink jelly beans in percent
= 80% - 8%
= 68%

68% = 136

1% = 136 ÷ 68 = 2

Number of more yellow jelly beans than gold jelly beans
= 80% - 8%
= 72%
= 72 x 2
= 144

Answer(s): 144