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The moist unit weight of a soil sample is 14.9 KN/m³. The soil water content is 14% and its gravity is 2.70. Calculate the dry unit weight in KN/m3

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter3: Weight–volume Relationships

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