Clear glass is to be recovered from a stream of mixed glass materials using a binary separator. The mixed glass stream contains 65% clear glass and will have a feed rate of 100 kg/hour. One manufacturer A has a separator that is has an overall efficiency of 80% and a recovery of 85%, and manufacturer B has an overall efficiency of 80% and a recovery of 90%. What will be the purity of the product stream for each manufacturer?
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