One thousand kilograms per hour of a mixture of benzene (B) and toluene(T) that contains 50% benzene by mass are separated by distillation into two fractions. The mass flow rate of benzene in the top stream is 450 kg B/h, and that  of toluene in the bottom stream is 475 kg T/h.  The operation is at steady state.  Write balances on benzene and toluene to calculate the unknown component flow rates in the output streams.

Fi = Ftotalxi

Which number do you think we can find next for our table based on our trick?

Streams\mass flow rate Total Benzene Toluene
Feed 1000
Overhead
450
Bottoms
475



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