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A wet solid containing 20% (w/w) moisture (based on mass of bone-dry solid) is dried in a tray-dryer. The critical moisture content of the solid is 10% (w/w). The drying rate (kg·m–2·s–1) is constant for the first 4 hours, and then decreases linearly to half the initial value in the next 1 hour. At the end of 5 hours of drying, the percentage moisture content of the solid is ________% (w/w) (rounded off to one decimal place).
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