Classify the soils using the given grain size distribution

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Classify the following soils using the given grain size distribution (ASTM system) and Atterberg Limits data:

a - 42% passed 4.75mm sieve; 4% passed 0.075mm sieve; Cu=18, Cc=2.1

b - 14% retained on 4.75mm sieve; 60% passed 0.075mm sieve; liquid limit (LL)=65; Plastic Limit (PL) = 35

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