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A survey for washing-up liquid revealed that $\frac{2}{3}$ of all customers bought Jinx and $\frac{1}{3}$ of customers bought Kleenz. Nobody bought both.

After an advertising campaign for Kleenz, the only change in sales was that $\frac{1}{4}$ of the people who had bought Jinx were now buying Kleenz instead.

What fraction of customers now buy Kleenz?


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