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A Continuous fractional column, operating at atmospheric pressure, is to be designed to separate a mixture containing 20 per cent benzene in toluene into an overhead product containing 90 percent benzene and a waste of 94 percent toluene, all by mass. For a feed flow rate of 250 kgmol /h, complete the material balance around the column using mole fraction.

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