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According to Taylor, the force causing instability in the sliding wedge is __________

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According to Taylor, the force causing instability in the sliding wedge is __________

(a) Cohesive resistance and Weight of the wedge

(b) Total frictional resistance

(c) None of the mentioned

(d) All of the mentioned

I got this question in unit test.

Query is from Taylor’s Stability Number and Curves topic in chapter Stability of Slopes of Geotechnical Engineering II

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The correct option is (a) Cohesive resistance and Weight of the wedge

Easiest explanation: The force causing instability is the weight of the wedge which is equal to unit weight γ.

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