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One thousand kilograms of crushed oil seeds (19.5% oil, 80.5% meal) is extracted with 1500 kg of 'pure' hexane in a batch extraction vessel. Calculate the fraction of the oil extracted. The equilibrium data are given as:XA 0 0.09 0.15 0.25 0.3 0.39 0.45 0.55 0.61 0.65 0.75 N 0.003 0.0045 0.0054 0.007 0.0078 0.0092 0.01 0.012 0.013 0.013 0.015 YA 0 0.09 0.15 0.25 0.3 0.39 0.45 0.55 0.61 0.65 0.75 N 2.05 2.04 2.02 1.99 1.965 1.93 1.9 1.8 1.76 1.72 1.6

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