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When a body is put into three liquids in succession, it floats with `1/2,1/3and1/4` of its volume immersed in the three liquids respectively. If the body is put into a mixture of these liquids, mixed in equal volumes, what fraction of its volume will remain under the liquid?

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`1/3`
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