Question

100 ml of water was taken in a measuring cylinder. this water was added dropwise to 50 gm of dry soil kept on filter paper in a funnel. when the water just started dripping from the soil in the funnel the amount of water left in the measuring cylinder was found to be 80 ml. calculate the percent
age of water absorbed by this soil

Answer 1

20% water is absorbed by 50gm od soil as the cylinder was filled with 100ml water and after that it was found that the water remaining is 80ml ... Hence, 20% water is absorbed by 50gm soil.