A mixture of ethylbenzene, para-xylene, meta-xylene and ortho-xylene enters a separation system at a rate of 10,000 kg/hr. Three streams leave the separator. The first exit stream has a flow rate of 1,377 kg/hr and contains no ortho-xylene. The second exit stream has a total flow rate of 5750 kg/hr, has an orthoxylene flow rate of 297 kg/hr, and contains 95% of the paraxylene that entered in the feed stream. The third exit stream contains no ethylbenzene. Known mass fractions are shown below:

a. The flow rate of ethylbenzene in the second exit stream
b. The flow rate of ortho-xylene in the third exit stream
c. The flow rate of para-xylene in the third exit stream
d. Themass fraction ofmeta-xylene in the third exit stream

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Component Feed Stream Ethylbenzene (xeb) 0.15 Para-xylene (xp) 0.20 Meta-xylene (xm) 0.35 Ortho-xylene(x) 0.30 Exit Exit Exit Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 0.97 0.01 0.02 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?