The soil has a bulk density of  and water content 10%. The dry density of soil is

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Concept:

Dry density of soil is given by: 

where  is dry density of soil;  is bulk density of soil and w is water content of same soil.

Calculation:

Given: 

So, dry density of soil is 

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