Question: The soil borrow material to be used to construct a highway embankment has a mass unit weight of 9 8 . 0 pcf , a

The soil borrow material to be used to construct a highway embankment has a mass unit weight of 98.0 pcf, a water content of 6%, and the specific gravity of soil solids is 2.65. The specifications require the soil be compacted to a dry unit weight of 112 lb per cf and the water content be held to 13%(279,355 bcy,21.0 gal/bcy borrow, 18%,132.1 lb/cf).
a. How many cubic yards of borrow are required to construct an embankment having a 230,600 cy net section volume?
b. How many gallons of water must be added to the borrow material, on a per cubic yard basis, assuming no loss by evaporation? Please show all work and steps neatly for a better understnding Thank you

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