A vertical retaining wall of $5 \mathrm{~m}$ height has to support soil having unit weight of $18 \mathrm{kN} / \mathrm{m}^{3},$ effective cohesion of $12 \mathrm{kN} / \mathrm{m}^{2}$, and effective friction angle of $30^{\circ} .$ As per Rankine's earth pressure theory and assuming that a tension crack has occurred, the lateral active thrust on the wall per meter length (in $\mathrm{kN} / \mathrm{m},$ round off to two decimal places), is

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A vertical retaining wall of $5 \mathrm{~m}$ height has to support soil having unit weight of $18 \mathrm{kN} / \mathrm{m}^{3},$ effective cohesion of $12 \mathrm{kN} / \mathrm{m}^{2}$, and effective friction angle of $30^{\circ} .$ As per Rankine's earth pressure theory and assuming that a tension crack has occurred, the lateral active thrust on the wall per meter length (in $\mathrm{kN} / \mathrm{m},$ round off to two decimal places), is