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The shear strength of the soil, at the liquid limit is ________

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The shear strength of the soil, at the liquid limit is ________

(a) 1.75 kN/m^2

(b) 1.89 kN/m^2

(c) 17.9 kN/m^2

(d) 17.6 g/cm^2

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Query is from Determination of Liquid and Plastic Limit topic in division Index Properties Determination of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right answer is (d) 17.6 g/cm^2

The best I can explain: The shear strength of the soil is about 17.6 g/cm^2 which the penetrometer gives for a depth of 25 mm under a total sliding mass of 148 g.

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