A borrow pit’s soil is being used as earth fill at a construction project. The in-place dry density of the borrow pit soil is known to be 1,825 kg/m 3 . The job contract requires the soil at the...

A borrow pit’s soil is being used as earth fill at a construction project. The in-place dry density of the borrow pit soil is known to be 1,825 kg/m³. The job contract requires the soil at the construction site to be compacted to a dry density of 1,975 kg/m³. The project requires 12,000 m³
of compacted soil fill. What volume of soil will the earthmoving contractor be required to obtain from the borrow pit to provide the necessary volume of compacted fill?