Answer the following questions: 1) To compute the settlement for a particular soil sublayer, why does it matter how deep below the ground surface you are and where you are located beneath the footing footprint? 2) Why did we compute the time to complete 95% primary consolidation settlement instead of the time to complete 100% primary consolidation settlement? 3) Would we see more settlement beneath the center of a circular load or beneath the edge of the load? Why?

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Answer the following questions:

1) To compute the settlement for a particular soil sublayer, why does it matter how deep below the ground surface you are and where you are located beneath the footing footprint?

2) Why did we compute the time to complete 95% primary consolidation settlement instead of the time to complete 100% primary consolidation settlement?

3) Would we see more settlement beneath the center of a circular load or beneath the edge of the load? Why?

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