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: A wet soil sample with a water content of 15% and percentageair voids of 20% was oven dried. If the soil sample is cylindricalin dimension with length as 100 mm and diameter as 50 mm, then howmuch mass of water is present in the soil? Also calculate the massof soil. Assume specific gravity of soil is 2.69 Interpret youranswer and conclude how water content influences the unit weight ofsoil.

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