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