TUTORIAL QUESTION (TRY THIS!!
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Determine the bulk unit weight, dry unit weight, void ratio,
porosity, water content, and degree of saturation of a sample of
moist soil, which has a mass of 18.18 kg and occupies a total
volume of 0.009m3.
When dried in the oven, the dry mass is 16.13 kg. The specific
gravity of the soil solids is 2.70. Given g = 9.81 m/s2 .