During a subsurface exploration, an undisturbed soil sample was collected from the eld using a split-spoon sampler for laboratory evaluation .The sample has a diameter of 1.375 in., length of 18 in., and a moist weight of 1.85 lb. If the oven-dried weight was 1.5 lb and Gs = 2.74, calculate the following:

During a subsurface exploration, an undisturbed soil sample was collected from the eld using a split-spoon sampler for laboratory evaluation .The sample has a diameter of 1.375 in., length of 18 in., and a moist weight of 1.85 lb. If the oven-dried weight was 1.5 lb and Gs = 2.74, calculate the following:

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