A dryer is designed to evaporate a constant amount of water every hour. When the dryer runs using 5 tons of feed per hour, a product weighing 3.4 tons and containing 11.6% water was produced. If the product must not contain more than 4% water, calculate the amount of feed required and the amount of product formed.

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A dryer is designed to evaporate a constant amount of water every hour. When the dryer runs using 5 tons of feed per hour, a product weighing 3.4 tons and containing 11.6% water was produced. If the product must not contain more than 4% water, calculate the amount of feed required and the amount of product formed.

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