In a box, there are jelly beans of 3 colours, brown, gold and pink. There are 36 less pink jelly beans than gold jelly beans. The number of pink jelly beans is ²₃ more than the brown jelly beans. Given that the number of pink jelly beans is 35% of the total number of jelly beans in the box, how many less brown jelly beans are there than gold jelly beans?

Brown jelly beans	Gold jelly beans	Pink jelly beans
	1 u + 36	1 u
3x7		5x7
65%		35%
21%	44%	35%

1 + ²₃ = ³₃ + ²₃ = ⁵₃

Yellow jelly beans : Purple jelly beans = 3 : 5

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

5 x 7 = 35%

Total number of brown jelly beans and gold jelly beans in percent
= 100% - 35%
= 65%

Number of gold jelly beans in percent
= 65% - 21%
= 44%

Number of more gold jelly beans than pink jelly beans in percent
= 44% - 21%
= 9%

9% = 36

1% = 36 ÷ 9 = 4

Number of less brown jelly beans than gold jelly beans
= 44% - 21%
= 23%
= 23 x 4
= 92

Answer(s): 92