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34. A 6m high retaining wall having a smooth vertical back face retains a layered horizontal backfill. Top 3m
thick layer of the backfill is sand having an angle of internal friction, $ = 30° while the bottom layer is 3m
thick clay with cohesion, C = 20 kPa. Assume unit weight for both sand and clay as 18 kN/m². The total
active earth pressure per unit length of the wall (in kN/m) is
b) 216
C) 156
d) 196
a) 150
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