Question: A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides. The total pressure on the wall per unit length is (where w = Specific weight of liquid, and H = Height of liquid)

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A : wH

B : wH /2

C : wH 2 /2

D : wH 2 /3

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