A centered, vertical column load of $160$ kips is applied to a square concrete footing. The footing is $1\mathrm{.}75$ ft thick and its top is at the ground surface. The soil is uniform and has the following properties: $c^{\text{'}}=0$;${}^{\text{'}}=35$;$=115pcf.$ The groundwater table is $20$ ft deep. If the target factor of safety is $3,$ what footing width would you recommend? For simplicity, the company you work for specifies footing dimensions in $\frac{1}{2}ft$ increments $($e$.$g$.,0\mathrm{.}5ft,1ft,1\mathrm{.}5ft),$ so your answer should follow this method. Use Vesic's bearing capacity formula. Consider, as part of your solution, developing a plot of the factor of safety against a bearing capacity failure vs$.$ the footing width, B$,$ for various B values. $[$Course Objective #$2]$