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A layer of normally consolidated saturated silty clay of 1 m thickness is subjected to one dimensional consolidated under a pressure increment of 20 kPa. The properties of the soil are: specific gravity = 2.7, natural moisture content = 45%, compression index = 0.45, and recompression index = 0.05. The initial average effective stress within the layer is 100 KPa. Assuming Terzaghi's theory to be applicable, the primary consolidation settlement (rounded off to the nearest mm) is

  1. 2 mm

  2. 9 mm

  3. 14 mm

  4. 16 mm

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