The mat foundation shown in Figure 1 has dimensions of 60 ft x 100 ft. The total dead load and live load on the mat is 25x103 kip. The mat is placed over a saturated clay having a unit weight of 120 pcf. and c, = 2800 psf. Given that D; = 5 ft, determine the factor of safety against bearing capacity failure.

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