Moisture content is water mass divided by dry-solid mass. Hence bulk unit weight equals dry unit weight times(1+w). Divide 15.6 by 1.08 to obtain 14.4444 kN/m³, or 14.44. Subtracting 8% of the bulk weight would use the wrong denominator.
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