A company is diluting concentrated 80% glycerol and diluting it to 6 wt% glycerol with water to produce for use in the pharmaceutical industry.

(a) What are the average molecular weights of the starting and product glycerol solutions?

(b) What are the mole fractions of the initial and final glycerol solutions? (Assume the density of water is 1 g/cm3 and the specific gravity of glycerol is 1.26. )

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