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A box contains 5 blue jellies, some red jelly and rest yellow jelly. The probability of picking a red ball at random is 3/10, while the probability of picking a yellow ball at random is 1/5. Find the total number of jellies in the box.

A 12

B 15

C 18

D 20

E 10

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