Question: Single - Stage Extraction with Unknown Composition. A feed mixture weighing 2 0 0 kg of unknown composition containing water, acetic acid, and isopropyl ether

Single-Stage Extraction with Unknown Composition. A feed mixture weighing 200 kg of unknown composition containing water, acetic acid, and isopropyl ether is contacted in a single stage with 280 kg of a mixture containing 40 kg wt % acetic acid, 10 wt% water, and 50 wt% isopropyl ether. The resulting raffinate layer weighs 320 kg and contains 29.5 wt% acetic acid, 66.5 wt% water, and 4.0 wt% isopropyl ether. Determine the original composition of the feed mixture and the composition of the resulting extract layer. Use equilibrium data from Appendix A.3

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