#calculate shrinkage limit of the soil
##initialisation of variables
V1= 24.6 ##cm^3
V2= 15.9 ##cm^3
M1= 44 ##g
M2= 30.1 ##g
W= 1 ##g/cm^3
##calculations
SL= (((M1-M2)/M2)*100)-(((V1-V2)/M2)*W*100.)
##results
print'%s %.1f %s'%('shrinkage limit of the soil = ',SL,' ')