Given:
2 ft³ of clay was mixed into 7 ft³ of soil containing 55% clay.
To find:
Clay content of the mixture.
Solution:
We have,
55% of soil is clay. So,
Clay in soil= 55% of soil
2 ft³ of clay was mixed into the soil. So, the total clay content of the mixture is
Therefore, the clay continent in the mixture is 5.85 ft³.