Bag a: two thirds of the candies are yellow. what portion of the candies is green

proportion of candies are green.  

Solution:  

In bag A, candies are yellow.  

this proportion shows ratio of favorable over total candies.  

Here numerator number is 2.  

So, Total number of yellow candies should be 2x

Total number of candies in Bag A would be 3x

Number of green candies in bag A = 3x-2x = x

Now we find the portion of green candies in bag A

portion of candies are green in bag A

the answer is y < -3 or   y > 3

-3y > 7 + 2

-3 y > 9

y < -3