A sample of dry sand having a unit weight of 16.00 kN/m3 and a specific gravity of 2.65 is placed in the rain. During the rain the volume of the sample remains constant but the degree of saturation increases to 45%. II. What is the water content after being in the rain, in percentage? What would be the mass of water, in kg, added to the soil due to exposure to rain (assume unit volume)?

A sample of dry sand having a unit weight of 16.00 kN/m3 and a specific gravity of 2.65 is placed in the rain. During the rain the volume of the sample remains constant but the degree of saturation increases to 45%. II. What is the water content after being in the rain, in percentage? What would be the mass of water, in kg, added to the soil due to exposure to rain (assume unit volume)?

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A sample of dry sand having a unit weight of 16.00 kN/m³ and a specific
gravity of 2.65 is placed in the rain. During the rain the volume of the sample
remains constant but the degree of saturation increases to 45%.
I.
What is the water content after being in the rain, in percentage?
What would be the mass of water, in kg, added to the soil due to
exposure to rain (assume unit volume)?

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