Question

A soil sample is 25 percent sand, 55 percent clay, and 20 percent silt. Use the following soil texture triangle to determine the type of soil present in this sample.

Select one:
a. Clay
b. Silty loam
c. Sandy clay
d. Sandy clay loam

Answer 1

I believe the answer is A. clay
The amount of clay alone determine which type of soil it would be according to the Triangle.
At that triangle, we could see that the maximum amount of clay to be considered as 'sandy clay' is 50.
Since the amount of sand surpassed that, it automatically fall into clay type even without having to look to other composition.