Given the percent of ethanol in beer, 97% and percent(v/v) of ethanol through simple distillation: 26% and the percent (v/v) of ethanol through fractionating distillation: 27%. How would you calculate the theoretical quantity of pure ethanol that could be obtained by fractional distillation?

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Given the percent of ethanol in beer, 97% and percent(v/v) of ethanol through simple distillation: 26% and the percent (v/v) of ethanol through fractionating distillation: 27%. How would you calculate the theoretical quantity of pure ethanol that could be obtained by fractional distillation?
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