Question: A 5 ft wide continuous footing is founded at a depth of 5 ft . The soil above the bottom of the footing is granular

A 5 ft wide continuous footing is founded at a
depth of 5 ft. The soil above the bottom of the
footing is granular with a friction angle of 30 deg,
cohesion of zero, and a unit weight of 115 pcf. The
water table is 1 ft below the bottom of the footing.
The soil below the footing has a friction angle of
zero, a cohesion of 2000 psf, and a unit weight of
120 pcf. Solve for the nominal bearing capacity
using Terzaghi bearing capacity factors

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