Given the following properties of a soil: Porosity, n = 42.1% Specific gravity of soil solids, Gs = 2.71 a.) Calculate the void ratio of the soil. b.) Calculate the saturated unit weight of the soil. c.) Calculate the effective unit weight of the soil.

Given the following properties of a soil: Porosity, n = 42.1% Specific gravity of soil solids, Gs = 2.71 a.) Calculate the void ratio of the soil. b.) Calculate the saturated unit weight of the soil. c.) Calculate the effective unit weight of the soil.

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