The density of a fully saturated specimen of clay having a water content of 40% is 1.88 $$\frac{gm}{cc}$$. on oven drying , the density drops to 1.74 $$\frac{gm}{cc}$$.The shrinkage limit of the specimen will be $$(adopt \rho_{w}=1.0 \frac{gm}{cc})$$

A

13.12 %

B

16.18 %

C

22.99%

D

26.88%