In the following picture, you can see a concrete dam (trapezoid ABEO) and water behind it (rectangle BCED). Water applies a hydrostatic force to the dam, which causes overturning moment about point O. What is the minimum value of X to avoid overturning of the dam? Consider Pconcrete = 2.5 Mg/m³ and pwater = 1 Mg/m³. AB and BE are 1 m and 6 m, respectively. Also, width of the dam, normal to the plane of the figure, is 1 m. m 1B 6 m Concrete Water D. -X

In the following picture, you can see a concrete dam (trapezoid ABEO) and water behind it (rectangle BCED). Water applies a hydrostatic force to the dam, which causes overturning moment about point O. What is the minimum value of X to avoid overturning of the dam? Consider Pconcrete = 2.5 Mg/m³ and pwater = 1 Mg/m³. AB and BE are 1 m and 6 m, respectively. Also, width of the dam, normal to the plane of the figure, is 1 m. m 1B 6 m Concrete Water D. -X

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