Pure chloroform is used to extract acetone from a feed containing 50 wt% acetone and 50 wt%

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Pure chloroform is used to extract acetone from a feed containing 50 wt% acetone and 50 wt% water. The feed rate is 80 kg/h which is extracted with pure chloroform at 298 K, using 16 kg/h of solvent. Determine the flow rates (20 points) and compositions (20 Points) of the streams.