In a flash distillation, 40% of a pentane- hexane mixture containing 35wt% hexane is evaporated at atmospheric pressure. What is the composition of the resulting distillate and residue? If 100 kg of mixture is fed, what will be the weight of vapour and liquid product. The equilibrium curve below is in terms of mole fraction pentane.

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