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A barge in the form of a closed rectangular tank 15 m long by 3 m...

A barge in the form of a closed rectangular tank 15 m long by 3 m wide floats in water. If the bottom is 1.8m below the surface, what is the water force on one long side and at what level below the surface does it act? If a uniform pressure of 40 kN m-2 is applied inside the barge, what will be the new magnitude and point of action of the resultant force on the side? The deck is 0.3m above the water level.

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