When the upstream face of a gravity dam is vertical, then the intensity of water pressure at the water surface and at the base respectively will be (where w is unit weight of water and H is the depth of water.)
A) 0 and wH212
B) wH2/2and wH2/3
C) wH and 0
D) OandwII
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