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Given the following characteristics of a soil sample:
Volume = 0.5 ft3
Mass = 56.7 lb
The solids specific gravity of 2.69. After oven drying, the mass of the soil has 48.7 lbs.
a) What is the density of the in-situ soil?
b) What is the porosity of the in-situ soil?
c) What is the degree of saturation of the in-situ soil?

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