Megan purchased a bushel containing 90 small apples and 39 large apples. She used 18 of the large apples she purchased to make a few batches of apple sauce. She used 4 ½ lbs of small apples to make two apple pies. Megan used 1/3 of the remaining small apples to make several batches of apple butter. After making the apple sauce, apple pies and apple butter, Megan saved the leftover apples for the upcoming harvest festival. In the apples that Megan had left over, what is the ratio of large apples to small apples? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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Megan purchased a bushel containing 90 small apples and 39 large apples. She used 18 of the large apples she purchased to make a few batches of apple sauce. She used 4 ½ lbs of small apples to make two apple pies. Megan used 1/3 of the remaining small apples to make several batches of apple butter. After making the apple sauce, apple pies and apple butter, Megan saved the leftover apples for the upcoming harvest festival. In the apples that Megan had left over, what is the ratio of large apples to small apples? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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