A cranberry-pomegranate juice mixture calls for 3 cups of cranberry juice for every 4 cups of pomegranate juice. Tamara has a pitcher that contains 14 cups of this cranberry-pomegranate juice. However, she wants the juice to have a higher volume of pomegranate juice. She adds enough pomegranate juice to change the ratio to 1 cup of cranberry juice for every 2 cups of pomegranate juice.   How much pomegranate juice did she add?

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A cranberry-pomegranate juice mixture calls for 3 cups of cranberry juice for every 4 cups of pomegranate juice. Tamara has a pitcher that contains 14 cups of this cranberry-pomegranate juice. However, she wants the juice to have a higher volume of pomegranate juice. She adds enough pomegranate juice to change the ratio to 1 cup of cranberry juice for every 2 cups of pomegranate juice.
 
How much pomegranate juice did she add?

 

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