4.1 Results from liquid and plastic limit tests conducted on a soil are given here. Liquid limit tests: Number of blows, N 14 16 20 28 Moisture content (%) 38.4 36.5 33.1 27.0 Plastic limit tests: PL= 13.4% a. Draw the flow curve and obtain the liquid limit. b. What is the plasticity index of the soil? can somone please draw the graph (hand written) using 10 based log scalling (please use the one I'm attachingin the question)

4.1 Results from liquid and plastic limit tests conducted on a soil are given here. Liquid limit tests: Number of blows, N 14 16 20 28 Moisture content (%) 38.4 36.5 33.1 27.0 Plastic limit tests: PL= 13.4% a. Draw the flow curve and obtain the liquid limit. b. What is the plasticity index of the soil? can somone please draw the graph (hand written) using 10 based log scalling (please use the one I'm attachingin the question)

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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