The soil from a borrow area is excavated and used in a compacted fill for an embankment. The void ratio at the borrow area and the compacted fill are 0.96 and 0.62, respectively. What would be the volume of the excavation in the borrow area to construct 200,000 m3 of compacted fill?

The soil from a borrow area is excavated and used in a compacted fill for an embankment. The void ratio at the borrow area and the compacted fill are 0.96 and 0.62, respectively. What would be the volume of the excavation in the borrow area to construct 200,000 m3 of compacted fill?

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ratio at the borrow area and the compacted fill are 0.96 and 0.62, respectively. What would be the
volume of the excavation in the borrow area to construct 200,000 m3 of compacted fill?

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