Considering an alloy of the two soluble components A and B. determine the masses of the alloy that are in the liquid and solid phases at a given temperature, if the total mass of alloy is 100 g, component B represents 60 % of the alloy, 25 % of the liquid is component B, and 70% of solid is component B.

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Answer:

22.22 grams of an alloy is present as liquid and 77.78 g is present as solid at given temperature.

Explanation:

Let the mass of alloy in liquid be x and mass of alloy in solid be y.

Total mass of the alloy = 100 g

x + y = 100 g..[1]

Percentage of component B in alloy = 60%

Total Mass of component B in an alloy = [tex]\frac{60}{100}\times 100 g=60 g[/tex]

25 % of the liquid is component B

Mass of component B in liquid = a

[tex]25\%=\frac{a}{x}\times 100[/tex]

a = 0.25 x

70% of solid is component B.

Mass of component B in liquid = b

[tex]70\%=\frac{b}{y}\times 100[/tex]

b = 0.7 y

a + b = 60

0.25 x+ 0.7 y= 60 g...[2]

On solving equation [1] and [2] , we get:

x = 22.22 g

y = 77.78 g