A clay sample has a wet mass of 417 g and occupies a total volume of 276 cm3. When oven dried, the mass is 225 g. If the specific gravity of soil solids is 2.70, calculate the water content, void ratio, 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-