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Find the mixture composition of feed and pure solvent if the ratio of solvent to feed rate is 0.5 and the feed composition is 0.5.

(a) 0.5

(b) 0.25

(c) 0.33

(d) 0.4

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My question is taken from Design of Extractor for Single Stage Operations topic in division Liquid Extraction of Mass Transfer

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Right answer is (c) 0.33

For explanation: S/F= 0.5-x/x-0

                        0.5x+x = 0.5  then x= 0.33.

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