Practice

A continuous (strip) footing $B=6$ ft wide is founded at depth $D_f=2$ ft in a soil with cohesion $c=150$ psf, friction angle $\phi=24^\circ$, and unit weight $\gamma=120$ pcf. The same soil lies above and below the base, and groundwater is far below the footing. Using the bearing capacity factors in the PE Civil Reference Handbook, the ultimate bearing capacity $q_{ult}$ is most nearly:

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