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Two equal containers are filled with a mixture of water and alcohol .One of them contains three times as much alcohol as in the other .the mixtures in the two containers are then mixed and it is `3:2` .Find the ratio of water to alcohol in each of the original containers .

`2:1,3:4`

`1:3,1:2`

`2:3,4:1`

`1:3,2:1`

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