I've been stuck on this all day

Abby is preparing fruit punch for her party. she starts with a bowl filled with liquid that has 1/2 fruit juice and 1/2 sprite, but she decides it's too fruity. so she pours out 1/4 of the liquid, and then fills the bowl up again with sprite. what fraction of the punch is now sprite?

The larger of two number is 4 less than twice the smaller number. the sum is 41. find the numbers

Icould really use some with this question.