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Figure shows the geometry of a strip footing supporting the load bearing walls of a three storied building and the properties of clay layer.

If the elastic modulus and the Poisson’s ratio of the clay layer are respectively 50×103 kPa and 0.4 and if the influence factor for the strip footing is 1.75, the elastic settlement of the footing will be

  1. 0.41 mm

  2. 1.41 mm

  3. 14.1 mm

  4. None of these

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