Malysh and Karlson ate a barrel of jam and a basket of cookies, starting and finishing simultaneously. First, Malysh ate the cookies, while Karlson ate the jam, and then (at some point) they swapped. Karlson ate both the jam and the cookies three times faster than Malysh. What portion of the jam did Karlson consume if they ate the cookies equally?
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