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A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcoho...

A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. The quantity of whisky replaced is:

A

A) `1/3`

B

B) `2/3`

C

C) `2/5`

D

D) `3/5`

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B
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