An RTD experiment was carried out in a nonideal reactor that gave the following results:

a. What are the mean residence time, tm, and variance σ²?
b. What is the fraction of the fluid that spends a time 1.5 minutes or longer in the reactor?
c. What fraction of fluid spends 2 minutes or less in the reactor?
d. What fraction of fluid spends between 1.5 and 2 minutes in the reactor?

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E(t) = 0 for t <1 min E(t) = 1.0 min-1 for 1 st≤ 2 min E(t) = 0 for t> 2 min