An Ethanol Plant Begins a Production Run with Sufficient Reactants

question 22

Multiple Choice

An ethanol plant begins a production run with sufficient reactants to predict a theoretical yield of 1250 metric tons of ethanol. The process produces 1178.6 metric tons. What is the percent yield for this production run?

• A) 94.29%
• B) 82.10%
• C) 106.1%
• D) 99.23%

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