Forty metric tons of sugar beets containing 47% water, 40.5% pulp and 12.5% sugar are to be extracted with pure water. The resulting sugar solution is 17% sugar. 96.5% of the sugar in the beets is...


Forty metric tons of sugar beets containing 47% water, 40.5% pulp and 12.5% sugar are to be
extracted with pure water. The resulting sugar solution is 17% sugar. 96.5% of the sugar in the
beets is recovered. If each ton of pulp retains 2.5 tons of water, find the amount of water used and
the resulting sugar solution in tons.



Jun 08, 2022
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