A sample of clay soil taken from a construction site has a wet mass of 45.6 kg and a related inplace volume of 0.021 m3. After being dried in an oven, the dry soil mass is 39.1 kg. The specific gravity of the soil particles is 2.73. Determine the soil 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-