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For Christmas, the Veselá family made gel candles. Father Veselý filled the entire jar with green gel. Mother Veselá filled one-sixth of the jar with green gel and the rest with red. The daughter used the same amount of green and red gel, and the son poured one-third of the jar with red gel and the rest with green. Which gel did they use up more?
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