Immediately Before construction of an earth embankment, it had a height of 6m. if the settlement allowance of the embankment, expressed as a percentage is 10%,what is the height before its consolidation?

Immediately Before construction of an earth embankment, it had a height of 6m. if the settlement allowance of the embankment, expressed as a percentage is 10%,what is the height before its consolidation?

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a height of 6m. if the settlement allowance of the embankment,
expressed as a percentage is 10%,what is the height before its
consolidation?

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