A clay soil is found to have a liquid limit of 75 percent, a plastic limit of 45 percent, and a shrinkage limit of 25 percent. If a sample of this soil has a total volume of 30 cm3 at the liquid limit and a volume of 16.7 cm3 at the shrinkage limit, what is the specific gravity of the soil solids?

A clay soil is found to have a liquid limit of 75 percent, a plastic limit of 45 percent, and a shrinkage limit of 25 percent. If a sample of this soil has a total volume of 30 cm3 at the liquid limit and a volume of 16.7 cm3 at the shrinkage limit, what is the specific gravity of the soil solids?

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