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The path along which, the individual particles of water seep through the soil are ___________

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The path along which, the individual particles of water seep through the soil are ___________

(a) Stream lines and Flow lines

(b) Equipotential lines

(c) None of the mentioned

(d) All of the mentioned

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This intriguing question originated from Two Dimensional Flow : Laplace Equation topic in portion Seepage Analysis of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right option is (a) Stream lines and Flow lines

Explanation: The direction of seepage is always perpendicular to the equipotential line. But both equipotential line and stream line (flow line) is mutually orthogonal. So the individual particle of the water seep through stream line.

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