A sample of soil in natural state having a volume of 0.00934 m3 weighs 18.11 kg. The sample is allowed to dry in an oven and the weight was reduced to 15.68 kg. The specific gravity of the solid was found to be 2.67. What is the porosity?

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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-