A container with saturated soil has a mass of 107 g. After being dried, it weighs 98g.the soil has a specific gravity of 2.70. the container alone weighs 45g. Determine the moist unite weight, dry unit weight and saturated unit weight of the soil.

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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-