In a drained triaxial compression test, a sampleof sand fails at deviator stress of 150 kPaunder confining pressure of 50 kPa. The angleof internal friction (in degree, round off to thenearest integer) of the sample, is

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In a drained triaxial compression test, a sample
of sand fails at deviator stress of 150 kPa
under confining pressure of 50 kPa. The angle
of internal friction (in degree, round off to the
nearest integer) of the sample, is

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