Solid Waste Engineering
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A vertical gate 1.50 m wide and 2.0 m high has water on one side and is inclined 45° with the horizontal. Water is 1.60 m above the top of the gate where the hinge support is located.

a. Compute the hydrostatic force acting on the gate

b. Compute the location of the center of pressure from the bottom. 

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