A process is carried out in which a mixture containing 25.0 wt%
methanol, 42.5% ethanol, and the balance water is seperated into
two fractions. A technician draws and analyzes samples of both
product streams and reports that one stream contains 39.8% methanol
and 31.5% ethanol and the other contains 19.7% methanol and 41.2%
ethanol. You examine the reported figures and tell the technician
that they must be wrong and that stream analyses should be carried
out again.
(a) Prove your...