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in a purely cohesive soil the critical center lies
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In a purely cohesive soil the critical center lies at the intersection of
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perpendicular bisector of slope and the locus of the center
perpendicular drown at 1/3
rd
slope from toe and the locus of the center
perpendicular drown at 2/3
rd
slope from toe and the locus of the center
Disectional angle
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D
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The correct answer is (D) : Disectional angle.
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