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If 1 is subtracted from the numerator and 2 is added to the denomenator of a fraction it becomes `(1)/(2)`, also, if 7 is subtracted from the numberator and 2 is subtracted from the denominator then the fraction becomes `(1)/(3)`. Find the fraction.

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