What is the ee for each of the following mixtures of enantiomers A and B?     85% A and 15% B

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What is the ee for each of the following mixtures of enantiomers A and B?

    85% A and 15% B

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The enantiomeric excess explains the excess of one enantiomer over another in a given mixture. Thus, from the enantiomeric excess, the presence of amount of pure sample in a given mixture can be obtained, and thus purity of the given sample can be determined.

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