Multiple choice

The water content of a saturated soil and the specific gravity of soil solids were found to be 30% and 2.70 respectively. Assuming the unit weight of water to be 10 kN/m3, the saturated unit weight (kN/m3) and the void ratio of the soil are

  1. 19.4, 0.81

  2. 18.5, 0.30

  3. 19.4, 0.45

  4. 18.5, 0.45

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