Caculate the total, neutral and effective stress (kPa) at the base of each soil layer listed below. Assume the water table rest 4 m below ground surface and that there is a capillary rise of 1 m above the water table. Provide your answers in kPa to 1 decimal place. Use 9.81 kN/m3 as the unit weight of water. TotalNeutralEffectiveSilty Sand: 5m thick, γt = 17.5 kN/m3, γsat = 18.5 kN/m3, Blank 1Blank 2Blank 3Clay: 4m thick, γt = 16.5 kN/m3, γsat = 17.8 kN/m3, Blank 4Blank 5Blank 6Sand: 6m thick, γt = 17.3 kN/m3, γsat = 18.1 kN/m3, Blank 7Blank 8Blank 9

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Caculate the total, neutral and effective stress (kPa) at the base of each soil layer listed below. Assume the water table rest 4 m below ground surface and that there is a capillary rise of 1 m above the water table. Provide your answers in kPa to 1 decimal place. Use 9.81 kN/m³ as the unit weight of water.

	Total	Neutral	Effective
Silty Sand: 5m thick, γ_t = 17.5 kN/m³, γ_sat = 18.5 kN/m³,	Blank 1	Blank 2	Blank 3
Clay: 4m thick, γ_t = 16.5 kN/m³, γ_sat = 17.8 kN/m³,	Blank 4	Blank 5	Blank 6
Sand: 6m thick, γ_t = 17.3 kN/m³, γ_sat = 18.1 kN/m³,	Blank 7	Blank 8	Blank 9

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