Question

Matthew is a soil scientist. He has been hired to determine why there is a soil drainage problem near a neighbor's home. What steps would he need to complete to determine the types of soils present near his neighbor's home if he finds the soil is mostly clay? Prepare a recommendation plan to improve the soil drainage for his neighbor based on the results.

Answer 1

Obviously clay is a material that won't let water drain through it, so the plan would be to substitute it with another material or to reduce the quantity of clay.

Answer 2

step 1. he would need to know how much soil was being drained, step 2 he would need to measure whatever was draining the soil so he could stop it, and finally he would need to know how big the object would need to be.