At a borrow site, sandy soil was excavated. The soil has a total unit weight of 19.3 KN/m^3, water content of 12.3% and ?s=2.66. The soil was dried, the maximum and minimum void ratio tests were performed, and ?max0.564 and ?min=0.497 were obtained. Determine the relative density of the soil at the borrow site.

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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-