.) In natural state, a moist soil has a volume of 0.028 m3 and weighs 520 N. The oven-dried weight of the soil is 430 N. If Gs = 2.7, calculate the moisture content, moist unit weight, dry unit weight, void ratio, porosity, and degree of saturation.

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Weight-Volume relationships

Weight is defined as the quantity of matter contained in a body. Weight can also be defined as the force acting on a body due to gravity. Mathematically, weight can be defined as-