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10.1-13 A mixture of benzene and 2,2,4-trimethyl pentane is to be purified using distillation. The liquid feed to the column is 10^5 mol/hr with a benzene mole fraction of 0.4

at 55°C. The distillate is to contain benzene at a mole fraction of 0.99 with 98 percent of the benzene in the feed in this stream. The distillation column operates at 1.013 bar, and the distillate and bottoms products are saturated liquids. What are the amounts and compositions of the distillate and bottoms products?

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