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:

`1/3`

`2/3`

`2/5`

`3/5`

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