For a soil sample brought from a site, the dry unit wight is 16.65 kN/m3 and its specific gravity is 2.65. If the water occupies 50% of :the volumn of voids. Calculate نقطتان )2( * the water content of the sample is 15.20% 11.17% none O 10.0% نقطتان )2( the void ratio 0.592 0.952 none O 0.659 O

For a soil sample brought from a site, the dry unit wight is 16.65 kN/m3 and its specific gravity is 2.65. If the water occupies 50% of :the volumn of voids. Calculate نقطتان )2( * the water content of the sample is 15.20% 11.17% none O 10.0% نقطتان )2( the void ratio 0.592 0.952 none O 0.659 O

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For a soil sample brought from a site, the
dry unit wight is 16.65 kN/m3 and its specific
gravity is 2.65. If the water occupies 50% of
:the volumn of voids. Calculate
نقطتان )2(
the water content of the sample is
15.20%
11.17%
none
10.0%
نقطتان )2(
* the void ratio
0.592
0.952
none
0.659
نقطتان )2(
* the total unit weight in kN/m3

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