A given cohesionless soil has e max = 0.85 and e min = 0.50. In the field, the soil is compacted to a mass density of 1800 kg/m 3 at a water content of 8%. Take the mass density of water as 1000 kg/m 3 and Gs as 2.7. The relative density (in %) of the soil is

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A given cohesionless soil has e_max = 0.85 and e_min = 0.50. In the field, the soil is compacted to a mass density of 1800 kg/m³ at a water content of 8%. Take the mass density of water as 1000 kg/m³ and Gs as 2.7. The relative density (in %) of the soil is

56.43
60.25
62.87
65.71

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