Mining Engineering
2019 · Paper 1
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Question 54
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A joint plane dipping at 30° intersects the slope edge and the crest as shown in the figure below.

The unit weight of rock is 25 kN/m
, and cohesion and friction angle of the joint surface are 40 kPa and 25° respectively. The safety factor of the shaded block (round off to two decimal places) is _____.Log in to check the answer
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The random variable X has probability density function as given by
The value E(X
) (rounded off to one decimal place) is _____.Log in to check the answer
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