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Separating a mixtureRunning
Separation strip. Clean salt at 5.6 kg. Mass accounted for 22.6 kg, Raw scrape 62 kg. Currently mass accounted for is short by 39.4 kg.TUNING22.6 kgRAW SCRAPEMASS ACCOUNTED FOR5.6 KG
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Mass accounted for

22.6kg

Raw scrape

62kg

5.6 kg

Separation strip. Clean salt at 5.6 kg. Mass accounted for 22.6 kg, Raw scrape 62 kg. Currently mass accounted for is short by 39.4 kg.

What has to balancemtotal=mresidue+mfiltratem_{\text{total}} = m_{\text{residue}} + m_{\text{filtrate}}

What is happening

You arrive at a salt pan separating grit from the day's harvest.

The day’s books do not close. The raw scrape comes to 62 kg, the grit caught on the sieve weighs 17 kg, and the clean salt has not been weighed.