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The contractor has started a trench. A handful of soil is squeezed and the soil molds, the...

The contractor has started a trench. A handful of soil is squeezed and the soil molds, then breaks and falls away in chunks. Just based on this information, what is the minimum safe trench slope? What additional information would be needed to reduce the volume of excavation?

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